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7 Dec
Today’s Date…..
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Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 8:37 am | 30 views
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It is important to remember because, after December 7, 1941 the US could no longer rely on the Oceans to protect itself. She had to become a player in the world, and could not pretend to ignore problems outside her boarders. We were reminded of that again on Sept 9, 2001. I never forget so that we do not have another painful wake up call.
@Picric: I couldn’t have said it better myself.
68 years ago Americans at Pearl Harbor were enduring this:
I reflected on the history of this day from the perspective of Winston Churchill in my 2006 post on this subject:
http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2006/12/december-7th-1941-tragedy-that-could.html
Churchill’s thoughts on the day were a reflection of the desperate situation Britain found itself in and his relief that at last the United States would be fully at Britain’s side.
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Just four days after Barry’s West Point Speech (Just Kidding)
My father, a WWII Naval Officer always wished me happy Pearl Harbor Day and I continued the tradition with my children. They have a greater appreciation for the significance of the day. I wish more Americans and Canadians had a greater appreciation for that day and for the patriotism it brought forth.
G-d Bless America and Long Live The Republic!
It is important to remember history for the lessons learned there. Japan taught us well that we would not be able to pretend to be uninvolved in World Affairs forever. Just because we were not ready to enter WWII, did not mean that our enemies shared our peaceful intentions. As a matter of fact, they saw our reluctance as weakness and acted on it. Today, a new and even more terrifying enemy sees the same thing as the Japenese did 68 years ago. The one difference, is that today’s enemy is morally depraved beyond redemption, and clearly insane, to the point of worshiping death.
It was a different time in American history.. A more innocent time, a time when Americans left others alone but kicked ass when they had to…
If Pearl Harbor happened today, we’d surrender, well, Obama would…
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/12/lt_john_william_finn_pearl_har.asp
It’s important to remember the men who where heroes, but despised the word as applied to them.
Why is it important to remember?
I think it’s because we always have been, and always will be, surrounded by the kind of folks (American citizens) who would subordinate our security for their ideals, consequences be damned. I think it’s just as foolish to allow that sentiment to prevail in 2009, as it was in 1941 and 2001.
@Flyovercountry:
Not to split hairs with you on a point well made, there is also an important comparison waiting to be seen between the “morally depraved beyond redemption” enemy of today and the Bushido/Kamikaze ideals of our WWII enemy turned friend.
After their crushing defeat Japan was transformed from a nation led afoul by militarism that cynically played on the traditional admiration of a god-like emperor to a functional democracy that has allowed the best of Japan’s culture to flourish. If anyone has any doubt that this would have happened without the total defeat of Japan by the United States, they should acquaint themselves with the unspeakable savagery committed by the Empire in China, Indochina, Korea, the Philippines, etc.
For some reason we cannot fathom that this process of transformation cannot lift Islamic nations like Iran from the medieval tyrants that rule by invoking the name of Allah or the everyday Muslim people that comprise the bulk of Islamo-fascist terror victims. The difference with al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other similarly perverse stateless organizations is that they are already separated from the people that will ultimately finish them off. The very actions, the criminality, the ruthlessness and cruelty common to Islamo-fascists is the failing we should use to our advantage. Afghans, Pakistanis or more appropriately described members of tribes, clans, and families throughout the region need to see that we have the will to use our might to vanquish, once and for all, those that threaten us as they threaten them.
It takes leadership and resolve. We have the military and the means beyond but we’ve still failed to prove that we mean to win as we did with Japan.
Just to belabor the point, I’d ask anyone today to think what might have become of a Presidential aspirant running against FDR, if he had suggested that an 18 month commitment was adequate to the task of defeating Imperial Japan. Such a person would never have been allowed to represent a mainstream party, let alone win in a national election. I cannot think of an example more clear than that to describe the problem we face today and why we find ourselves challenged on a regular basis by every mad man with a dream and a full magazine.
tfhr- Hand Salute!
God Bless the Men and Women who lost their lives in the attack on Pearl Harbor and those who so nobly fought for freedom’s sake in WWII. . .sacrificing everything, and asking for nothing but a place to bury the dead.
May we never forget . . .or allow our leaders to forget “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty.”
Has Obama apologized for the US involvement yet?
No.. he has yet to apologize for Vietnam.. oh wait, Carter already did.