LAD #34: FDR's Declaration of War

When asking for a declaration of war of Japan Franklin Roosevelt said the famous words "December 7th, 1941...a date which shall live infamy". He states that the Japanese used a surprise attack that was purposefully aimed at the Americans, America was at a time of peace with Japan and was planning on continuing this. The ambassadors or Japanese letter ever indicated that any time of war or attack. The attack must also have planned due to the distance between the United States and Japan. FDR also acknowledges that other ships just outside Hawaii have been attack, and pushes the fact that the attack was planned and meant to be a surprise; the United States needed to go to war.