The image above reminds us of the ugliness and death that accompanies war, something Der Trumpenführer seems to have forgotten as he inflames relations with North Korea and tries to ignite a conflagration in the Middle East with his declaration that the United States will move its embassy to Jerusalem.
Brief statistics on the damage done by the attack on Pearl Harbor: All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with
four sunk. All but the USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and
went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship,[nb 5] and one minelayer. One hundred eighty-eight U.S. aircraft were destroyed;
2,403 Americans were killed (the vast majority aboard the Arizona) and 1,178 others were wounded.
Three days later, British Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales (which earlier in the year damaged the German battleship Bismark and led to its demise) and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy as the Japanese swept into French Indo-China and Britain's fortress at Singapore.
Frighteningly, Der Trumpenführer knows little of history or of the true situation in the Middle East. As always, satiating his ego and narcissism - and on occasion throwing bones to his evangelical Christian supporters - is all that really motivates his actions.
As we remember the dead today, we must remember that we have an occupant of the White House who truly cares nothing about the lives that may be lost all because of his arrogance and ignorance.
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