Pearl Harbour and George Bush

Bush Still Drilling for Oil Support 45% Oppose Drilling in Alaska Refuge President Bush's plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling seems to be loosing ground. Public support for the plan is weak and congressional leaders recently decided to leave the drilling plan out of House and Senate budgets. Portrait of America (POA) recently surveyed American adults on the topic and found 45% oppose the President's plan while 38% support it, 17% were …

…to the memory of all those lost in the bombing. News of the attack was a shock to the entire nation. The bombing rallied the United States behind the President in declaring war on Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S., bringing about a global conflict. The United States would later drop two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing Japan to complete surrender on August 14, 1945.