5:18 cut-off from critical imports and seeing no (2 words), Tokyo concluded that war was (2 words) strangulation. 重要な物資の輸入を断たれ、外交的な打開の道も閉ざされた日本は、窒息死させられるくらいなら、戦争に打って出る方がましだと結論付けた。
Fareed’s Take: US jumped into a huge trade war without planning ahead