Since U.S sent one of their ships on British waters but German submarines detonated the American ship carrying innocent passengers.
After Ionian Greeks in Asia Minor revolted, their relatives in eretria and others sent forces to help them. They captured the persian provincial capital of sardis, burnt it and destroyed the statues of the persian gods. Some greeks rebelled against him and helped there fellow greeks in the fight for asia.
Mulatu Teshome is the president
Roosevelt did not mention Germany and the war in Europe in his speech because his main aim was to make sure that America stayed out of the war. He did not want the American people to become involved in foreign wars. What he did do, however, is provide weapons to the Allies to help them fight the war. It would seem that by providing the Allies with weapons he was hoping that the citizens of the USA would never become involved in the war.