In a sense, I understand where you are coming from. People did mourn those lost at Pearl Harbor but the main difference was they knew we were entering a world war and they had a job to do. They didn’t really have the time to mourn as people are doing today. The difference today is that our politicians have turned 9/11 into a political war. During WWII, politics never entered into the minds of the people. We ended that war, between Germany and Japan, in about four years. Today, we are looking at ten years, with Rules of Engagement that are so stupid it’s difficult to imagine.
Can you imagine having those same rules during WWII, where you couldn’t shoot the enemy unless he shot at you first? You wouldn’t be able to fire at a plane unless he fired at you, or a sub unless he fired at you, or an SS officer, carrying a weapon, unless he fired at you. The world ended WWII by totally destroying those two countries. Today, we baby the people that attacked us and this problem will not go away in my life time or in my kids life time unless and only, until our politicians destroy those that attacked us. Yes, many innocent died during WWII but we had to end the war before more of our own people died.
God bless those that lost loved ones, but we do them a dis-service by allowing our attackers to walk this earth and wait until they attack us again. The people of Germany and Japan backed their governments when it came to attacking us. People of the Middle East are doing the same thing today and we are told to respect and pray for them. A soldier once said that when he went to war, he left his religion at home and will pick it up again when he comes home. That was during WWII. We should remember that.
Exactly, FDR was as polarizing of a President as Obama is today, but after Pearl Harbor, that was all forgotten, and the nation united.....for a brief few moments after 911, the nation united behind President Bush, but inevitably the Democrats couldn't stand for that.