It was 62 years ago today...

You mean: USA wouldn't have joined into the war without the Japanese
agression? I doubt that the USA would have remained neutral as there have
been some
attackes by german submarines in US ports and en-route on the Atlantic and
the US more and more supporting England.

Well, in many ways Hitler was a fool (attacking the U.S.S.R before finishing
off Great Britain, for example, was just plain stupid), but I don't think he
would have drawn the U.S. into the war by choice.

The absolute fury of the American population at the Japanese attack's
audacity was critical in keeping public support for the war stoked. As you
may have noticed, public support for a war is critical in America... Would
the American public have supported going to war against Japan -- and,
particularly, Germany -- *without* being attacked first? From what my
parents have told me, the answer to that question was "no".

Thus, Pearl Harbor truly marked the first day in a long march toward
Austria's freedom...
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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