I just ran across a speech given by former Vice President Al Gore to the Sierra Club Convention in San Francisco on September 9, 2005. This quote struck me:

In the early days of the unfolding catastrophe [he is referring to the war in Iraq], the President compared our ongoing efforts in Iraq to World War II and victory over Japan. Let me cite one difference between those two historical events: When imperial Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt did not invade Indonesia. [applause]

No. Roosevelt didn’t invade Indonesia. Instead United States declared war on Japan and Germany and entered a two front war in the Pacific and Europe. Why did we declare war on Germany? Did the Germans attack Pearl Harbor? Only in Animal House. Thanks for your comments, Vice President Blutarski.