Whilst Dan Brown made a lot of money by writing the "Davinci Code" and calling it fictional, its more than obvious that he shook up several cans of nasty worms, that had been just sitting around for a few centuries.
In my view, the United States is now, and has been in a state of war with Iran for some time now. Its not full blown yet, but keep in mind, that we didn't call Korea or Vietnam a war either. Our politicans simply called them conflicts. Yes, we are clearly at war with Iran, but its not very popular to be at war with Iran right now, so no one is saying any thing.
When you serve in the US Armed Forces, a sense of watch out for your buddy, and he'll watch out for you is instilled in you all throughout your service time. I can't think of any other place where you could make a better friend. Time and time again GI's make countless sacrifices for one another.
In my opinion, making any sort of connection between the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese and the 911 attack by terrorists is totaly ludicrous. The Japanese wanted to be the dominate force in Asia, and the US was simply in their way. Long before we went to war with Japan, we were doing things to keep Japan in check.