In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt Wished to Prolong Negotiations

In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war. Why?

A) The negotiations had been making substantial progress and most of the points of disagreement were being resolved.
B) Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany.
C) The American people were virulently anti-Japanese and therefore the anti-interventionist sentiment regarding Asian affairs was very strong.
D) The Japanese had ended their expansion and were looking forward to a century of coprosperity.
E) All he was concerned about was war in Europe; the situation in the Pacific was unimportant to him.