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I mean, kind of?

Not in a morally absolving the attacker way.

But in a you had agency and chose to underinvest in defense way.

That said, it's pretty unlikely the rest of the world could have defended against a technologically advanced Europe / Middle East / China, at their respective peaks, and especially after transoceanic sail enabled cross-sea logistics.




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