CG A Just War

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The United States Pledge of Allegiance states that we are “one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”, but what does that liberty and justice mean? Is it okay to enter war if we’re fighting to have “justice for all”? December 7, 1941 the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just this attack killed 2,335 people, most of those people being from the Army, the Marines and the Navy. President Franklin Roosevelt was already providing some help to the “Allied” countries , but now the United States was on the ground, fighting against the “Axis” countries, specifically Japan. The Pearl Harbor attack I think was enough reason for the United States to justly enter World War 2, as United States was keeping a promise to their people; “justice for all”. President Franklin Roosevelt, the longest serving president in American history (1933-1945) was the president who entered us in World War 2. The congress and President Roosevelt did many things leading up to the United States officially entering World War 2, even before the Pearl Harbor attack. In November 1939, President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to repeal the “Arms Embargo Provisions of the Neutrality Law” so that weapons could be sold to France and Britain. After the fall of France in the spring of June 1940, President Roosevelt also pushed congress for a military buildup and began providing aid in the form of “Lend-Lease” to Britain, which stood alone against the Axis powers at that time. But the lead to the Pearl Harbor attack was the rising conflict between Japan and the United States which was American officials taking away access to essential supplies Japan needed to survive as a country. American officials only did this after Japan declared war on China in 1937 because Japan believed that the only way to solve their economic and demographic problems was to invade China and take over their market. With this ongoing conflict, Japan planned the attack to take down United States Military that was in the Pacific which lead to congress approving Roosevelt’s declaration of war on Japan December 8, 1941. Three days later, Japan’s allies Germany and Italy declared war against the United States. Some would say that what came after the United States entering World War 2, was one of the most inhumane moments in history. With Japan as our enemy, and the hit on Pearl harbor still fresh in our hearts, there was a lot of anger and a lot of suspicions. The United States being in a very careful state after the attack, our government had no time for mistakes. The Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World


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