Reply #31: See post 28

[Sterling]

You are arguing a pointless straw man by saying that The US declaring War on Japan on the 8th as a reaction to Japans simultaneous attack and declaration on the 7th and was significant to the issue who declared war first.

Back to the theory that FDR was using Pearl to get us into the fight against Hitler. The fact that on the 8th in our reply to Japans attack and declaration of war we did not declare war on the other Axis powers indicates FDR still held out the hope of avoiding immediate involvement in the European theater.

here:
http://www.virtualology.com/virtualwarmuseum.com/hallofworldwarii/
7-8 Dec. Japan delivers simultaneous bombing attacks on Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Wake, and Guam, invades Malaya and Thailand, seizes Shanghai, and declares war on the U.S. and Great Britain.