Lest we forget amid all the turmoil in the housing market and Wall Street and the economy, today is the day that President Roosevelt said would live in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii came today nearly 70 years ago. It was the first attack that the U.S. had encountered (technically Hawaii was not part of the U.S. States) and it took the Isolationist America right into World War II and onto the victory. Commemorations are being held to honor this day. Although this day has now been eclipsed by September 11, 2001 but still the memory of the attack is vivid in the minds of the people who survived and who are still alive.
We should not forget that the oceans that create the distance between the United States and the World are not a hindrance anymore to determined armies. But now the battle is to be fought with individuals who are more determined than ever and have more lethal weapons on their hands. As I said before, our commitments to the rest of the world should be reduced (or scaled back) in order for us to protect ourselves from these determined individuals since our economic reality does not permit us to protect everybody everywhere when we have to foot the bill all by ourselves
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