>You are right, though remember Hawaii wasn't a state at that time. I had to interview a lot of elderly people on their thoughts about hearing WWII for a high

>You are right, though remember Hawaii wasn't a state at that time. I had to interview a lot of elderly people on their thoughts about hearing WWII for a high school exercise. Overwhelmingly they said their initial response was "Where is Pearl Harbor?" but it didn't matter because it was US military attacked by the proper military of a foreign empire If that doesn't say act of war to people, nothing will. The second thought reported to me most often was one of rage. Comments like "It was a dirty rotten trick!!!" and such.