[burzum]

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."

[FreeReign]

There was more to the emotions on our side than just the one emotion of returning home.

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?

I summarized the emotions of my father who fought in Europe and was badly injured. He had hoped to move on to fight the Japs in the Pacific, but he couldn't.

His emotions were more than wanting to just return home.

This phrase described that:

They initiated attack -- we defended freedom.

Take your non-sequitur, rude response and blow in out your a*s.