"Also, Germany declared war on the U.S. the day after Pearl Harbor, note that FDR in his famous speech did NOT declare war on anybody but Japan. Germany in fact bailed Roosevelt out of the slightly sticky issue of declaring war on Germany even though we were only attacked by Japan."
True. I'm not sure that war was ever officially declared upon Germany. Not that it mattered to all the stinkin' dead Nazis.
"To a clear thinking (non left wing) person it all exposes the idiocy of the "preemptive war" debate. We obviously needed to defeat Germany as well."
True, but given the Lend-Lease Act and other pre-Dec.7,1941 pro-Britain policies, we were already actively at war with Germany and for good reason. Their U-boats had already sunk a few American merchant ships and that number would rise tragically.
There's nothing better than a dead Nazi.
"I'm not sure that war was ever officially declared upon Germany"
I've already posted the German declaration. Here's the American:
The War Resolution
Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Germany and the government and the people of the United States and making provision to prosecute the same.
Whereas the Government of Germany has formally declared war against the government and the people of the United States of America:
Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Government of Germany which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the government to carry on war against the Government of Germany; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States