You don't get it. The country was strongly isolationist prior to Dec. 7, 1941. FDR could never have mobilized the nation and demanded it sacrifice for a war most Americans opposed. After Pearl Harbor public opinion swung 180 degrees. Millions of Americans volunteered for military service overnight.
Originally Posted by lustylad
I do get it. What about it?
Some people think FDR was complicit in the bombing, so people would finally realize we had a crisis, and would prosecute a war.
Trump is the opposite. Biggest pandemic in a Century, but nothing to see here, folks. We got this. Stop letting Covid dominate your lives. Big Pussies.