jjsimp: Technically, if I remember right from History channel documentaries, we hadn't even declared war on Germany, yet. Yes, we were supplying the Brits.
Yep, the US didn't declare war on Germany until after Pearl Harbor. While Roosevelt might have felt differently, Congress and probably most citizens, were still in an isolationist state of mind - they did not want to get involved in another "European" war. The Roosevelt administration supplied the Allies as an alternative.
jjsimp: As far as Pearl Harbor, we had time to react before the attack, but someone dropped the ball. Ah, we got 'em in the end anyways.
Well, the US already reacted to Japanese military aggression through economic means. The US was Japan's largest oil supplier at the time (sounds funny now) and they basically cut off the supply. That essentially was what prompted the Japanese to declare war on the US.
F4LL0UT: Still: yeah, no idea what purpose mentioning Pearl Harbor in this thread had in the first place.
After I wrote my post I felt maybe I was a little harsh, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the above.
BTW, China and Japan still argue over the number of casualties at Nanking. Japan says no more than 150K, China says 300K. From what I've read, most scholars believe the real number is somewhere in the middle.