LAD #34

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Declaration of War began with a respectful acknowledgment of all the parties present for his speech, he then got right into it with all the facts. Before the cruel surprise attacks of December 7, 1941, Roosevelt explained that the United States were trying make become part in any peaceful negations with the participating countries. After this the Japanese ambassadors gave the sorry message that efforts in peace negations were hopeless, but they did not hint that there would be any possible attacks. But nonetheless, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. FDR placed a great emphasis on the fact that innocent America lives were taken by the Japanese’s on this day. It was his belief that this attack was premeditated due to the act of the distance between Japan and Pearl Harbor. He then went on to say that Japan was acting similarity to how Germany was during the Great War, by restricting America’s freedom to the seas.  After this FDR finished his declaration of war very politely by just simply stating the facts of his argument of war.