In the spirit of credit where it's due, the fear comments originated with the excellent John Rogers. I heartily recommend all he writes (well, except Catwoman anyway).
In the other hand, Glasgow seems to have a bit more spine. I dunno -- any city in which you could honestly say "Police had to rescue the flaming terrorist from the crowd of onlookers" seems to be a city in which terrorist attacks might be . . . counterproductive.
To be at least a little fair, it's easier to be defiant when there's an obvious enemy to send flying coffins AT. You can only shake your fists impotently at the mist for so long before you jump at shadows.
Is the US reaction to Pearl Harbor really so different from the third entry? Just replace Brown with Yellow. (Not sure what to replace sippy cup with.)
There was some justified* fear** that the Japanese had the capacity to hit the West Coast early in the war. That was pretty much gone, however, by early 1943 when it became obvious that Midway had mauled the Japanese fleet even more badly than we'd hoped.
*: Justified in the sense that the Navy Department wasn't aware that the IJN was operating beyond the limits of its supply train when it hit Pearl Harbor
**: As opposed to the nationalistic idiocy that caused the imprisonment of thousands of nisei for the horrible crime of having Japanese ancestry.
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On the subject of Glasgow, an excuse to link to
If Star Wars was set in Glasgow
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*: Justified in the sense that the Navy Department wasn't aware that the IJN was operating beyond the limits of its supply train when it hit Pearl Harbor
**: As opposed to the nationalistic idiocy that caused the imprisonment of thousands of nisei for the horrible crime of having Japanese ancestry.
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