Coalition navies and limited war politics

How could the United States, France, and the Netherlands justify joining a war with Japan when domestic politics resisted mass troop commitments?

The case is easier if the war is presented as a limited naval campaign using fleets, cruisers, submarines, and blockade support, with no mass land armies required at the outset.

Public resistance to mass land war did not rule out a smaller naval commitment. The League of Nations, French and Dutch imperial exposure, British naval protection, and existing American anger over Japanese incidents all made coalition participation plausible. French heavy units, Dutch cruisers and submarines, and U.S. Pacific Fleet support would strengthen a blockade. These deployments could begin without a total-war invasion campaign.