What was the difference between attacks on Pearl Harbor and 9/11 ?

[kentuck]

Obviously, many people, including George W Bush look at the two attacks as similar. After all, more people were killed in WTC and Pentagon than at Pearl Harbor, and we declared war on Japan after that attack. So what's the difference? Are they equivalent? Is the number of deaths the measure we should use as the appropriate retaliation? Were we attacked by a country? IS there now an Axis of Evil that we are fighting?

[Missy M]

1. The attacks on Pearl Harbor were done by a sovereign nation....

by the government. The attacks on 9/11 were done by a group of terrorists, not all from one country or sanctioned by a particular country.

[Talismom]

4. "not ....sanctioned by a particular country". Unless you count the

executive branch of the US!!

[bryant69]

6. If you believe LIHOP or MIHOP that is

Bryant
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[Talismom]

9. I do believe in it. I checked out your link, but I don't see the

connection.

[manic expression]

11. I believe that's his signature n/t

[Talismom]

22. LOL I think you're right. Thanks. n/t

[bryant69]

24. It is

Bryant

[H5N1]

2. 911 was perpetrated by the US on the US

Pearl Harbor involved another country.

[ktowntennesseedem]

3. Pearl Harbor enemy=nation / 9-11 enemy=ideology

We knew who attacked us at Pearl, and declared war on Japan immediately. It took nearly four years, but we finally convinced our enemy to surrender and proceeded to rebuild their nation and rebuild relationship.

But after 9/11, we declared war on an ideology of hatred, and in our implementation of this "war on terror" we have angered our enemy even more and alienated former allies so that our enemies are even more numerous and the hatred even more complex scattered. It has been nearly four years now, and we are no where close to winning this one.

[msongs]

5. the 1941 congress was not composed of cowards who were afraid to

issue a formal declaration of war as required by the US constitution and the president at that time was not a coward either unlike the current occupant of the white house. I doubt that roosevelt sat frozen with fear for 7-10 minutes like a deer in the headlights when he heard about pearl harbor.

Msongs
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[oneighty]

7. WTC Attack

followed by the Pentagon attack and the attempt to get to the Capitol building was an attack on the pompous corporate bullies of America. It was a demonstration that even the elite of America can be killed. It was intended to scare the poop out of the elites of America and it worked.

It is a pity so many innocents died in the demonstration.

"World Trade Center" a pompous name inviting hate from the have nots of the world. As was Bush number one's talk of "A New World Order". Many do not buy into that philosophy and fight against it anyway they can.

Japan was carving out her Empire and needed oil. The United States was in the way.

How is our Iraq invasion different?

IMHO

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[geek tragedy]

18. Which people who died in the WTC attack were not innocent? eom

[oneighty]

19. I do not understand your question.

They were all innocent employees of course. Collateral damage the U.S. Military might reason.

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[Claire Beth]

8. The handling of the retaliation is the difference....

The war in Afghanistan was justified but the * administration lied and manipulated others to go to Iraq (who had NOTHING to do with 9/11). When we were attacked at Pearl Harbor we didn't bomb Africa.

[stray cat]

10. 9-11 was a surprise attack on civilians ie non-combatants

[kentuck]

13. True, but also...

the attackers were not military either..unlike Pearl Harbor...

[Village Idiot]

12. IMHO, Pearl Harbour = LIHOP, 9-11 = MIHOP.

Simple, no?

[SouthernDem2004]

15. No, lol /nt

[Old and In the Way]

14. We had a government investigation into Pearl Harbor almost

immediately. It took 18 months before this administration would allow 9/11 to be investigated. For those that don't believe LIHOP/MIHOP - why wouldn't an administration, that has nothing to hide, not demand an immediate investigation and put the full resources and authority of the government behind it? Because they obviously had a lot to hide.

[SouthernDem2004]

16. The investigation into who did it did start almost immediately. /nt

[RC]

17. DING, DING, DING, DING!

We have a Winna!
The problem is not enough people can wrap their heads around the fact that people in OUR OWN GOVERNMENT were active in orchestrating 9/11/2001 for their own personal gain.

[Carni]

20. Technically Pearl Harbor/Hawaii weren't part of the US yet (were they?)

Shame on me I am too lazy to google this and can't remember but wasn't Hawaii not yet a state when Pearl Harbor was attacked?

Aside from all that the PH attack came from another country not rogue whoevers that didn't actually represent a particular government.

[kentuck]

21. Hawaii and Alaska became states in 1959, I believe?

May have been a territory, much like Puerto Rico..

[Carni]

25. Yes, that's what I thought EOM

[sakabatou]

23. We didn't have a dumbass for a president back then