What if Biden had to give FDR’s Pearl Harbor speech?

Published October 30, 2023 5:09pm ET



President Joe Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas crisis reflects the lens through which he views the world. While Biden sided with Israel in his Oct. 18 remarks, his refusal to acknowledge Iran’s role and his subsequent efforts to restrain Israel raise questions about his fortitude. The question historians might ask, then, is what if today’s Biden transported back in time to deliver President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s address to the nation following the attack on Pearl Harbor? Perhaps it might have gone something like this:

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