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Iraq Compare And Contrast Pearl Harbor And 9/11

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a terrorist attack. Japan planned to destroy the military base in Pearl Harbor to eliminate US Pacific Fleet, and to protect Japan’s advances. This attack reminds me of the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001. One Similarity can be that both Japan and Iraq had disagreed to the United States, like many restrictions on trade embargos. One difference is that Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, as Iraq attacked the World Trade Center in 2001.
Iraq engaged in war with the United States due to many economic problems they ran into like trade embargo, as there were restricted for many armed weapons as the US feared that they would be used as mass destruction weapons, but Iraq still managed to get a hold of the weapons, therefore,

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