Today is the sixty-seventh anniversary of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, an act of foreign aggression that catapulted the United States into WWII.
The day after the attacks, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appealed to Congress for authorization to declare war against Japan. His words resonate today;
"...No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again. Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces -- with the unbounded determination of our people -- we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God. I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire."
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