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Amazing how Truman was able to emerge from the gigantic shadow of FDR........

this is when america was really merica baby!

They would do the same thing two days later, as, earlier in the day, Germany and Italy declared war on the US.

JamesRichards fighting for his life in the comments lol. Keep coping america on top

I support and will obey Franklin D. Roosevelt forever!

I live in brookville pa and we use this as are high school band song and my sister went to IUP

Roosevelt decided to go before Congress the next day to report on the attack and ask for a declaration of war. In early evening, he called in his secretary, Grace Tully. "Sit down, Grace," he said. "I'm going before Congress tomorrow, and I'd like to dictate my message. It will be short." 2 Short it was. But it was to become one of the most famous speeches of the twentieth century, giving birth to one of the most famous phrases of the century. "Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in world history," he began as Tully took down the words, "the United States was simultaneously and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." 3 Biographer Nathan Miller recalls: "He inhaled deeply on his cigarette, blew out the smoke, and began dictating in the same calm tone he used to deal with his mail. He enunciated the words incisively and slowly, carefully specifying each punctuation mark and new paragraph. Running little more than five hundred words, the message was dictated without hesitation or second thoughts.

To those of you that who don’t like FDR would the world be better off if the Germans and the Japanese were shaking hands at the Mississippi river in 1946 FDR is uniformly considered to be one of our greatest presidents and should be recognized as such

The day voters realized FDR truly deserved his third term 🙏

when I looked up the day of infamy speech, I did not expect so much brain rot in the comments

We should have allied with the Axis against the USSR in 1936.

People in the comments saying FDR failed and what not are hilarious. He declared war because the U.S was attacked by Japan, what do you want him to do, not fight the enemy that just bombed your harbor?

The Day FDR deceived the people who voted for him..

That day, Japan received a grim reminder...

A declassified memo in December 2011 confirmed it was a false flag attack - like the Gulf of Tonkin, the Greer incident and the Lavon Affair.

The Democrats vs Republicans is just a shell game. Both parties have betrayed America.

Germany warned us.

The Communists won that war. One could never say a prayer in this chamber , today.

We fought the wrong enemy twice.

RIP Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

America shall never be isolationist ever again

Roosevelt would have never let our borders be loose whatsoever. He loved his country 🇺🇸

Eighty two years ago tomorrow, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered to the Congress a petition that the Congress issue a formal declaration of war against the Empire of Japan. Our nation was at that time under direct attack by Japanese forces. Today, we recall the spirit of that day, that though America is under no such overt threat of attack or destruction, we seek to prevent the same with the following declaration -- HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same. Whereas the Nation of Israel is declared herein as a principal Ally of the Government and the People of the United States of America; Whereas the Nation of Ukraine is declared herein as a principal Ally of the Government and People of the United States of America; Whereas the Peoples of Iran and of Palestine are herein named Friends of the United States of America, and of its People, and Whereas the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has routinely committed acts of oppression against its people and suppressed their liberties, Has passed laws to deny the People of Iran their Rights and Liberties, which are the rights of all Human beings, and has established and formed a Morality Police to enforce denial of their Rights and Liberties, Has employed the forces of the military and police to suppress and to break apart, with lethal force and intent, Assemblies of the People of Iran in protest of unjust Laws, Has fabricated false charges against its people to unjustly imprison them, to further deny to the People of Iran the right of Freedom of Speech, Has jailed and tortured the People of Iran without due process of justice and without cause, Has denied to the People of Iran, so imprisoned, all aid and comfort due to the accused, Has denied them the Right to Counsel, and Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran has given aid to the terrorist organizations herein named HAMAS and Hezbollah, which organizations are currently waging a war of destruction against the nation of Israel, the aim of which is to destroy completely the nation and population of Israel; And which organizations, in support of these aims, routinely commit acts of grievous abuse against the citizens and the People of Palestine in Gaza and the West Bank of the River Jordan, by preventing their departure from Gaza and the West Bank to protect and preserve the lives and properties of themselves and their fellow citizens, by routinely committing acts of mass murder against civilians and noncombatants, and by using civilians and noncombatants in time of war as Human Shields, to be killed by the forces of Israel, which aim is to unite the Peoples of the world against the Nation of Israel, to call out for and to seek its Punishment; and Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran has provided military logistical support to the Russian Federation, which currently is waging a war of conquest against its neighbor Ukraine, and whereas the Russian Federation routinely commits abuses of human rights, including the targeting and killing of civilians and children, The systematic rape and murder of women and noncombatants, The abduction of the children of Ukraine, to remove and remand them unlawfully into the custody of families in Russia, to suppress and eliminate their National Identity which, by the consensus of the free nations of the world, constitutes the Crime of Genocide, The destruction of civilian infrastructure and the targeting of humanitarian organizations as part of its doctrine of war, in violation of the Geneva and Hague Conventions and all the laws of war; Whereas the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has employed its scientific apparatus to acquire technology to construct and to deploy Nuclear weapons, to use against and destroy completely the Government and the People of the United States of America and of the Nation of Israel, and Whereas the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has declared its intent to convert by force the Peoples of the planet Earth to Islam, and Whereas the Government and the People of the United States do herein accept that Islam is a religion of Peace, and that those terrorist organizations named herein do by their declarations and by their actions, pervert and bring shame and dishonor to the institution of Islam, Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a state of War between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, to redress and correct these grievances, to preserve and protect the Nations of Israel and Palestine and Ukraine and to liberate the People of Iran, is hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval, aerial, spatial, military and cyber forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Islamic Republic of Iran; and, to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all the resources of the Armed Forces are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.

RIP to all the people we lost 82 years ago today

You can hear the sleeping giant waking up during this speech.

Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives: Yesturday, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American Island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack. It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu. Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong: Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island. Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our Nation. As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. But always will our whole Nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. 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 that 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 it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us. 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 unbounding 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 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

The amount of brainwashed democrats in these comments who are completely unable to see how their party has betrayed this country, my god.

FDR was a socialist. Read about his encounters with Joseph Stalin and how he liked it. How he took advantage of the American people during the Great Depression with welfare,which comes into contact with the the R’s. Relief, recovery, and reform.

"We have awoken a sleeping gaint, and filled him with terrible resolve" *4 years later* HERE COMES THE SUN

You could argue this was the speech that saved the world

The United States was already at war in 1940, as Admiral King had confirmed at the time.

Roosevelt was informed on 4 December 1941 that the Japanese were preparing to attack Pearl Harbor.

An actually honorable moment within the halls of Congress; just remembering that FDR was unable to walk and in a wheelchair makes me smile, yet today people would decry, or be cruel, in pointing out his disability; one of the greatest presidents in US history.

If Pearl Harbor had happened in 2023, I doubt that Republicans and Democrats in Congress would even have the self awareness or respect to do what was necessary and put all their petty bickering and political maneuvering aside. Neither Biden nor Trump would have gotten applause like this, I know that. We need to get the state of our political discourse back under control before it divides us so much that we end up unable to act in the face of an existential threat to our Democracy. First and foremost, we need to choose better nominees in the primaries. Donald Trump was the worst republican candidate they could have chosen because he's an unstable, pathological liar who will say or do anything to protect his self image. Biden was the worst the democrats had to offer because he's like 120 years old and can barely even speak anymore. Democrats only voted for Biden because they thought he stood the best chance of beating Trump as a former Vice President. Republicans voted for Trump because they were frustrated with establishment politics and wanted to make a statement. Call and response, back and forth. And every go around causes the divide between us to grow a little wider. This has to stop.

Roosevelt caused the attack on the naval base. The US had been in an undeclared state of war since at least December 1940.

My birthday is December 7 1991. I was born on the 50th anniversary of pearl harbor.

It's weird people are applauding this when war is a tragedy.

The US had attacked Germany and Japan in April 1941.

Our Florida high school was the Indians. This was our fight song too!

PNG’s is better

In so many words: here we come motherfuckerz 😅😅😢

I hate that it will take a real immediate existential threat to our lives as Americans for us to be united like this.

As been said by historians of WWII: "America's involvement in the war with Germany was business. But the war with Japan was personal."

This speech gives me chills. I wish we were this united. I'd like to get back to this kind of unity. Everyone wants to tear us down, everyone wants to see our downfall. Dammit, we can do so much good for ourselves and in the world if we can get it together.