I believe that the bombing of Pearl Harbor was not a terrorist attack, but an act of war.This killed 2000 people and left 1000 wounded. According, Attack on Pearl Harbor.USA People, Pearl Harbor was the deadliest attack on American soil until the September 11 attack. Japan sent a message saying that they declared war 30 minutes before the attack, but the message was hard to decode and it took about 2 hours (The Glider Institution of American History, 2009). Japan wanted to send the message saying that they have declared war on the US, before the attack. This attack reminds me a lot of the terrorist attack in New York, 9/11. This was a very well planned out The two attacks were the same in many ways like both of them were planned out air attacks.