Discourse On Terrorism
Historical Significance Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun
almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy
and defeat, and had sunk more than four hundred British ships in their
convoys between England and America for food and war materials. At
that time the US was in an isolationist, pacifist mood, and most
Americans wanted nothing to do with the European or the Asian war.
Then along came Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and in outrage
Congress unanimously declared war on Japan, and the following day on
Germany, which had not yet attacked us. It was a dicey thing. We had
few allies. France was not an ally, as the Vichy government of France
quickly aligned itself with its German occupiers. Germany was
certainly not an ally, as Hitler was intent on setting up a
Thousand-Year Reich in Europe. Japan was not an ally, as it was well
on its way to owning and controlling all of Asia. Together, Japan and
Germany had long-range......
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