Why does FDR repeat the phrase "last night Japan attacked ..."?

it's no easy i swear it's hard

a. theta waves. this is because the person is in a light sleep which means the brain waves would show these kind of waves.

the british they shot them

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.