, it was Japs who attacked America, not the other way round.
Here you are wrong. The US government employed heavy economic warfare against Japan which provoked Japan into attacking the US.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCollum_memo
mises.org/library/how-us-economic-warfare-provoked-japans-attack-pearl-harbor
thenewamerican.com/pearl-harbor-hawaii-was-surprised-fdr-was-not/
Excerpt from the McCollum memo:
It is not believed that in the present state of political opinion the United States government is capable of declaring war against Japan without more ado; and it is barely possible that vigorous action on our part might lead the Japanese to modify their attitude. Therefore the following course of action is suggested:
(...)
The cover of a Hawaii newspaper, one week before Japan attacked Pearl Harbour:
