# Is "the Boorish American" a stock character in British/European film?

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Japan only invaded most of South-East Asia because they wanted the raw materials which the US had embargoed.

Which the US (as well as Britain) only did because Japan was in the middle of conquering China.

Not involved in a debate on either side, just sayin’.

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