Well, when you impose economic embargo (as the US did on Japan), and you supply one of the parties (the UK) with weapons, you might not necessarily initiate the war, but you in fact actively participate in it. You can get away with that involvement if the threat is relatively minor (like in Vietnam or Afghanistan cases), but history tells us you can't avoid entering the war if what you do is an existential threat for the other party. Now try to replace Japan with Russia and UK with Ukraine and you can see where it is going. Also, in this war it's not necessary to occupy the territory, so while the US territory was safe during both world wars, it's not the case now.
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