text: Motley,  I occasionally wonder what would have happened if Germany and Italy wouldn't have declared war on us immediately after Pearl Harbor.  I suspect the Japanese were counting on Germany and Italy honoring their treaty obligations when they decided to attack us but Germany had previously broken its treaty with Russia and a very good legal argument could be made that since Japan was the aggressor, the treaty wouldn't have to be honored.  Here comes the ironic statement, its a good thing Germany and Italy did implement their alliance treaty with Japan.