Palestine - Japan, a comparison

2,403 Americans and others at Pearl Harbor were killed when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.
The US responded with a declaration of war and by the end of the war 2,800,000 Japanese were killed.

I'm trying to imagine radicalized college students in the 1940s taking over college campuses and yelling and screaming about US murdering innocent Japanese. Demanding that colleges and universities cease any investments in US companies that produced war materials.

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BizSuitStacy · M

I think the difference here is that Pearl Harbor was a direct attack on the US versus an attack against a US ally. Americans unify against direct attacks, e.g. 9/11. The US relationship with Israel has always had some level of controversy. The vast majority of Americans back Israel, but it's never too difficult to find leftwing extremists at colleges willing to protest. Throw in a bunch of antifa clowns wearing keffiyehs, and you got yourself the 2024 version of George Floyd.