Yeah. Just like the civil war here. All wars can be condensed into a single jingle. By the victors.
Okay, Let the record show that "sam_paine" thinks the following: The phrase, "They initiated attack -- we defended freedom" is nothing more than a catchy-light phrase when used to describe Japan's attack of us, and our defense of it.
Good grief! You think you can summarize Japan's motivations for their attack on the US and their subsequent defeat at the hands of the US forces in a single sentence? You couldn't summarize Admiral Tojo's motivations for using the head on the morning of the attacks in one sentence! Pretending that you can summarize history in little catchphrases is nice and patriotic, but it doesn't do a damn thing to cure ignorance. WWII was a hell of a lot more complicated that just "them=evil; us=good."
Indeed, I do. As do the hundreds, probably thousands of volumes that speak to the complexities of the Pacific and European theater.
The Lend-Lease Act and the Oil Embargo of Japan were seen by the Japanese as acts of war, too.
As Churchill said, I believe, "Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, after trying all the others." So eventually, America did 'defend freedom.'
Fortunately for the world.
Had America lost the war, the Japanese would have written the history. And it could have also been written in a simplistic jingle by the Imperial Japanese. But it wouldn't have been accurate either.
The emotions this provokes are great....perhaps you can turn that energy into some objective study of the events, too.