<span>A small group that controls the government.</span>
<em>FIRESIDE CHATS is the answer</em>
They didn't. They didn't have the firepower to battle against them because they lacked the support of the United States and they wouldn't fight wars if they weren't important for them. They tried to appease with them but eventually it proved to be a massive failure as the Axis forces eventually attacked and occupied them as well.
That is a quote said by Patrick Henry at the Virginia Convention.