This is actually called the attack on the Pearl Harbor
Japan was pretty small at the time compared to The place they attacked yet they still attacked... why?...
Japan got mad because they didn’t get their end of whatever deal they were making. Also they had a large lack of supply for oil. So Japan decided to take out their anger by attacking the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
If this is an opinionated question then I think yes because the government is what “runs” the states. Without the federal government then we would not really have defense. We need a department of defense. We need our federal government; it’s composed of the legislative executive and judicial branches of government. We need all them