Great example of how absolutely unhinged the statement was.
It’s so cavalier and dismissive.
We are not at war with the United States, we are at war with it’s Pacific Fleet program!
It’s a good analogy (from my limited understanding, that really was how it was presented in Japan at the time… At least for a short while) but I dang hope it’s not an accurate one. The blunder of Pearl Harbor was eloquently put by this famous quote:
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
So the key question now is whether Iran was a sleeping giant with more resources to pull from, or if it’s really defeated now (or soon to be). I personally believe Iran can’t win a war against USA, but it’s not going down without a fight. I’m no authority on the matter though, I might be dead wrong.
They didn’t have nukes, but they damn sure had what was necessary for a dirty bomb, even if they didn’t want to use one. They definitely moved a lot of that material in recent weeks to scattered facilities.
Since it’s clear we’re attacking them no matter what, I wouldn’t be surprised to see one used in Israel or the US in the next year.
Welcome to Washington, DC, the former capital of the US. Please check your lead loincloths and protective gears before leaving the shielded bus.
Pearl Harbor would’ve been successful if all our aircraft carriers were in port that day, it was honestly the only way they could’ve won in the Pacific. They bet the moon on a longshot and lost it all.
while the orange dipshits decision to start another war in the middle east is deplorable, it is also entirely on par for how our leaders have acted for the past… 40-50 years? 45 years sounds about right. At least that long. At any rate, the situation isn’t really that comparable, I don’t think, unless someone cares to correct me. Do we really think this is going to end up that catastrophically for us?
As an Israeli* it’s definitely going to turn out better for us than if USA hadn’t joined in. As for the rest of the world, and specifically USA… I fucking hate where everything is headed, but I think USA can easily win this.
* An Israeli who, much like many Americans, is stuck with a government of criminally insane psychopaths he voted against and protested against. I in no way support the actions of the current government.
Narrator: But they weren’t a sleeping giant. However, Gob’s Chicken Dance had, in fact, filled them with more resolve than even they had expected.
Hirohito: I’ve made a huge mistake
Boomhauer: Dang ol’ messed up man
All planes are safely on their way home.
Not quite ^^’
True, some were shot down. Although if you’re trying to make a joke about Kamikazes, they didn’t start resorting to that until about 3 years into the war.
TIL :) i’ll have to read a bit more about that part of history!
