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Originally Posted by Hawkeye
you know what, you're right. The Japenese have much better reaasons for hating us then the middle eastern people yet they don't. We dropped freaking 2 nuclear bombs incinerating thousands of inocent people. But heh I guess the Japenese are forgiving  |
I cannot believe you are actually arguing the Japanese have just cause to hate us based on WWII - which THEY started. I am not buying that at all. THEY attacked us first, it was unprovoked, they aligned with Hitler, and they showed no signs of surrendering. So, they got what they awoke IMO. It is a little hard to feel sorry for them in that light. So, despite the horrible loss of life (it was a war after all and they certainly killed their share of our innocent civilians in Pearl Harbor), that was a war they not we started. They, not us, are to blame. Then, we helped them rebuild despite all of that and we have been on friendly status with them for well over 20 years. If they are mad still at us for ending what they started, they just need to get over it. We did not make that scene - they did.
Interestingly, I do find it strange that at least we knew the Japanese were a concrete identified enemy state. The current terrorists are not as identified. Other than Afganistan, which was harboring OBL, and SH, who certainly was a terrorist even if you do not agree with the war there. But, other than that, the rest is murky. Is Saudi Arabia a terrorist state? is Iran a terrorist state. North Korea is, but here is to hoping the Chinese will squash them if they get out of line. So, the war now is seemingly endless and without a face. That is very scary!!!!