[Madison Moose]

I disagree with your labeling the attack on Pearl Harbor a terrorist attack. While it was a sneak attack, it was on a legitimate military target. The only civilians killed were killed by unexploded US anti-aircraft shells.

[rlmorel]

I would classify it as an act of war, not a terrorist attack. Still pretty underhanded in any case.

They were making an effort to have the declaration of war given to the USA minutes before the attack by their diplomats, but...they screwed up in the translation and other administrative parts of the task and so they attacked before the declaration.

Therefore, the day that lives in Infamy.

[nightdriver]

"I disagree with your labeling the attack on Pearl Harbor a terrorist attack. While it was a sneak attack, it was on a legitimate military target."

Would you say, then, that the attack on the USS Cole was not a "terrorist" attack because it was on a legitimate military target?