US - China war inevitable?

[Dill]

(07-11-2017, 11:18 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: The mistake we made was cutting off Japan from resources because they wanted to attack china.  

We pushed Japan into Germany's hands for resources.

I think Japan was already in Germany's hands. They signed the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936 with Hitler and had a contingent of German "advisors" for their military. The US did not freeze exports to Japan until 1940.

What was the US alternative, in your view?

Was it in the US interest to see an imperial, fascist Japan in control of China and Indochina? And this at a time when nationalist fascist countries were pursuing aggressive policies in Europe?