A couple of problems with that. Japan attacked us, Iraq didn't. And if you will check your history you will see that Germany declared war on us on December 11, not the other way around.
That's not a "problem with that", that's a feature of the analogy. For "Iraq" substitute "Germany".
Japan attacked us, Germany didn't. So why the hell did we open a front against Germany? That's the analogy.
And if you will check your history you will see that Germany declared war on us on December 11, not the other way around.
Yeah? Well so what? Germany posed no direct threat to the continental US. We could have "contained" that threat.