What was FDR’s rhetorical goal in this speech? “The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and we understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation . . . There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger . . . I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire.