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Originally Posted by Magnetron
But that doesn't mean we had to take the fight to them, to their waters, to their soil, to their airspace.
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You must be kidding, right?
When the military of another country attacks military base and kills thousands of people, it's an act of war. The United States was not about to sit back say "oh, you got us, no big deal" and forget about it. The United States declared war a short time later, and it was an all out war.
You also have to have to understand the anger involved here. The entire United States was never united like it was after Pearl Harbor; If you were a young man between the ages of 17-35 and not fighting the war you were looked down at. Everyone was united - Young kids in school collected tin and scrap metal for the war effort. We were going to fight the Japanese until the very end.