Position Paper Although the bombing of Pearl Harbor and events of World War II are far behind us and still in our minds, the United States under any and all circumstances would have gotten involved in the war eventually no matter what. Sure Pearl Harbor was the obvious reason why the United States decided to join the war, but there are some other less obvious clues that point towards our involvement no matter what the …
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…United States help given towards Great Britain and France. Even without the bombing of Pearl Harbor, actions overseas would have eventually driven the United States into the war. Pearl Harbor just simply sped up the amount of time until the United States would finally become involved in World War II. There is no doubt that Roosevelt would not have allowed the "Epidemic of Lawlessness" to spread so far throughout the world, possibly infecting fellow democracies.