Insulting film responsible for WW II !

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With my tongue firmly planted in my cheek,
I offer this thought about WWII, from:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/328974/stunning-historical-discovery-peter-kirsanow

"[Cambridge, Mass.] Celebrated historian Bertram Oxley has uncovered a
memorandum from former Japanese Emperor Hirohito to Admiral Yamamoto dated
December 6, 1941, showing that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was
motivated by an offensive film made by Charlie Chaplin ridiculing Japanese
cuisine. 'Contrary to historical accounts over the last seventy years,'
Professor Oxley said in an interview today with the BBC, 'What appeared to
be a meticulously planned surprise attack was actually a spontaneous
demonstration by moderate sushi connoisseurs in the Imperial Navy in
response to a hateful and offensive movie.' "

"Of course, hindsight's 20-20. But one can only wonder how much
pain and suffering could have been averted had FDR simply apologized
to Hirohito at the outset."