On Pearl Harbor Day, history is meant to warn, not comfort. As iPINIONS argues, America has moved from condemning infamy abroad to exporting it across the hemisphere—through economic coercion, naval intimidation, and revived imperial arrogance.
From FDR’s moral clarity to Trump’s year of infamy, this piece reframes remembrance as indictment.

Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/from-fdr-decrying-a-day-of-infamy
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