Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House.
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
Unless more efforts based upon long-range planning are put into military preparations and operations, it will be very hard to win the final victory.
It is like a disease to think that an invincible status has been achieved after being satisfied with the past successful operations.
If a war breaks out with the United States, the navy will have to put all its strength into interceptive operations, so... massive sea-borne supplies might be momentarily interrupted.
People who don't gamble aren't worth talking to.
