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Originally Posted by Tripper
...It's pretty ridiculous you can't look past what happened 61 years ago and see them as the close ally they are, and maybe realise what you wouldn't have had your country not helped rebuild theirs....
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Tripper, you make me chuckle. Thanks for keeping this thread going. I'm not sure what you mean by the second part of this sentence. Are you saying that we wouldn't have the US today if it weren't for the Japanese?
BTW, I can certainly look past what happened 61 years ago. I wouldn't have worked for a Japanese company for ten years if I was living in the past, or if I didn't "see them as a close ally". But I do find it funny that you are getting this upset about a statement concerning something that I jokingly said should have happened 61 uears ago. I didn't say it should happen today. I didn't even jokingly say it should happen today. But we did drop two atomic bombs on military targets in Japan and many civilians died. That is truly a shame, but I think we did the right thing at the time. I've been to Hiroshima. I've seen their museum about the bombings. Your right in that it was "horrible" but I believe, at the time, it was necessary. And it was no more horrible than other things done on a larger scale by other countries.
And no I didn't fight against the Japanese, my Uncle did. My dad was mostly European theatre, until the very end when he was moved over to the Pacific.
[quote:db6ba]P.P.S - As if you give a crap about chinese civilians....You do realise they've been responsible for several atrocities, some against americans since WW2?[/quote:db6ba]
I like the Chinese. They've got great food and many fine restaurants in the US. Can't you look past what happened years ago and see them as the close ally they are?