Happy Hiroshima Day!

[Deplorable Yankee]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

 

[gipper]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

 

[gipper]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

You have failed miserably.

First, where have I ever stated anything excusing Japan’s war crimes. Links I posted, which you failed to read and learn from, refer to their war crimes.

Secondly and more importantly, you fail to comprehend the difference between the magnitude of the US government’s mass murdering of hundreds of thousands of civilians, versus what Japan did.

Do you really think since they did it, we should too? What kind of screwed up justification is that?

Mass murdering civilians of a defenseless nation wanting to surrender, is immoral and unjust.

Wake up.

 

[Picaro]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

These types of idiots, both on the right and left, think that if America stayed home and hid under their beds, everything would be fine in the world and nobody would bother them or something, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Of course they don't mind living here and reaping the results of lots of other peoples' sacrifices and then whining about it; they're afraid they will get drafted or something and have to put their own asses on the line for something besides their own self-indulgent whims. They're why I support a draft; that way if they refuse to serve we can deport them, or better yet throw them in the lines first so they can see first hand what fine hapless innocents those they throw Pity Parties for really are. The Japanese were a disgusting vile culture and people, period, and no need to feel bad at all about our winning the wars; their government was popular with the people for decades, including with those Japanese parasites living over here. So yes, Hiroshima Day should be celebrated, with parades and parties; the numbers of American lives saved is uncountable.

 

[gipper]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

These types of idiots, both on the right and left, think that if America stayed home and hid under their beds, everything would be fine in the world and nobody would bother them or something, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Of course they don't mind living here and reaping the results of lots of other peoples' sacrifices and then whining about it; they're afraid they will get drafted or something and have to put their own asses on the line for something besides their own self-indulgent whims. They're why I support a draft; that way if they refuse to serve we can deport them, or better yet throw them in the lines first so they can see first hand what fine hapless innocents those they throw Pity Parties for really are. The Japanese were a disgusting vile culture and people, period, and no need to feel bad at all about our winning the wars; their government was popular with the people for decades, including with those Japanese parasites living over here. So yes, Hiroshima Day should be celebrated, with parades and parties; the numbers of American lives saved is uncountable.

Disgusting

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

These types of idiots, both on the right and left, think that if America stayed home and hid under their beds, everything would be fine in the world and nobody would bother them or something, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Of course they don't mind living here and reaping the results of lots of other peoples' sacrifices and then whining about it; they're afraid they will get drafted or something and have to put their own asses on the line for something besides their own self-indulgent whims. They're why I support a draft; that way if they refuse to serve we can deport them, or better yet throw them in the lines first so they can see first hand what fine hapless innocents those they throw Pity Parties for really are. The Japanese were a disgusting vile culture and people, period, and no need to feel bad at all about our winning the wars; their government was popular with the people for decades, including with those Japanese parasites living over here. So yes, Hiroshima Day should be celebrated, with parades and parties; the numbers of American lives saved is uncountable.

Im all for being the great neutral ...our 150+ bases around the world could probably be halved ...with stong logistics for naval global operations intact ....we can bomb anyone on the planet from Missouri anyway \


This was all out war till they surrendered
The could of surrendered at anytime before the nukes were dropped ..spare me The Japansee culture horse shit


to bad it was to late to drop one on Berlin

all thorough history civilians have bore the brunt of war ....the only difference between world war 2 and other conflicts is TECH

what makes us so evolved ?
NOTTA

Youre fighting an all out world war where the axis and japan already made civilians a target.... the only way to respond is in kind..
infrastructure manufacturing and the population thats supporting it and the war effort become legit targets..

Our country was for the most part united and down with the cause
Even mobsters where helping with the war effort
and i know my granpas and great uncles weren't sent all over the globe TO LOSE


Hiltler was planing long range weapons to hit the east coast
BOY did he wanna bomb NYC


old timers still alive will tell ya they had black outs
subs patrolled the east coast ..sunk ships

If hitler could of nuked NY or DC he would of ...the german nuke program stalled and ran into problems ..we got lucky

The japs tried to set the western US on fire with balloons

 

[gipper]

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

These types of idiots, both on the right and left, think that if America stayed home and hid under their beds, everything would be fine in the world and nobody would bother them or something, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Of course they don't mind living here and reaping the results of lots of other peoples' sacrifices and then whining about it; they're afraid they will get drafted or something and have to put their own asses on the line for something besides their own self-indulgent whims. They're why I support a draft; that way if they refuse to serve we can deport them, or better yet throw them in the lines first so they can see first hand what fine hapless innocents those they throw Pity Parties for really are. The Japanese were a disgusting vile culture and people, period, and no need to feel bad at all about our winning the wars; their government was popular with the people for decades, including with those Japanese parasites living over here. So yes, Hiroshima Day should be celebrated, with parades and parties; the numbers of American lives saved is uncountable.

Im all for being the great neutral ...our 150+ bases around the world could probably be halved ...with stong logistics for naval global operations intact ....we can bomb anyone on the planet from Missouri anyway \


This was all out war till they surrendered
The could of surrendered at anytime before the nukes were dropped ..spare me The Japansee culture horse shit


to bad it was to late to drop one on Berlin

all thorough history civilians have bore the brunt of war ....the only difference between world war 2 and other conflicts is TECH

what makes us so evolved ?
NOTTA

Youre fighting an all out world war where the axis and japan already made civilians a target.... the only way to respond is in kind..
infrastructure manufacturing and the population thats supporting it and the war effort become legit targets..

Our country was for the most part united and down with the cause
Even mobsters where helping with the war effort
and i know my granpas and great uncles weren't sent all over the globe TO LOSE


Hiltler was planing long range weapons to hit the east coast
BOY did he wanna bomb NYC


old timers still alive will tell ya they had black outs
subs patrolled the east coast ..sunk ships

If hitler could of nuked NY or DC he would of ...the german nuke program stalled and ran into problems ..we got lucky

The japs tried to set the western US on fire with balloons

Absurd.

Get informed before posting.

Japan was defenseless. They had requested surrender terms numerous times prior to Truman’s war crime.

THEY WERE NO LONGER A THREAT TO THE USA.

 

[Picaro]

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

These types of idiots, both on the right and left, think that if America stayed home and hid under their beds, everything would be fine in the world and nobody would bother them or something, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Of course they don't mind living here and reaping the results of lots of other peoples' sacrifices and then whining about it; they're afraid they will get drafted or something and have to put their own asses on the line for something besides their own self-indulgent whims. They're why I support a draft; that way if they refuse to serve we can deport them, or better yet throw them in the lines first so they can see first hand what fine hapless innocents those they throw Pity Parties for really are. The Japanese were a disgusting vile culture and people, period, and no need to feel bad at all about our winning the wars; their government was popular with the people for decades, including with those Japanese parasites living over here. So yes, Hiroshima Day should be celebrated, with parades and parties; the numbers of American lives saved is uncountable.

Disgusting

To America hating vermin only. Deport yourself if you're such an unhappy little traitor.

 

[Picaro]

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

These types of idiots, both on the right and left, think that if America stayed home and hid under their beds, everything would be fine in the world and nobody would bother them or something, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Of course they don't mind living here and reaping the results of lots of other peoples' sacrifices and then whining about it; they're afraid they will get drafted or something and have to put their own asses on the line for something besides their own self-indulgent whims. They're why I support a draft; that way if they refuse to serve we can deport them, or better yet throw them in the lines first so they can see first hand what fine hapless innocents those they throw Pity Parties for really are. The Japanese were a disgusting vile culture and people, period, and no need to feel bad at all about our winning the wars; their government was popular with the people for decades, including with those Japanese parasites living over here. So yes, Hiroshima Day should be celebrated, with parades and parties; the numbers of American lives saved is uncountable.

Im all for being the great neutral ...our 150+ bases around the world could probably be halved ...with stong logistics for naval global operations intact ....we can bomb anyone on the planet from Missouri anyway \


This was all out war till they surrendered
The could of surrendered at anytime before the nukes were dropped ..spare me The Japansee culture horse shit


to bad it was to late to drop one on Berlin

all thorough history civilians have bore the brunt of war ....the only difference between world war 2 and other conflicts is TECH

what makes us so evolved ?
NOTTA

Youre fighting an all out world war where the axis and japan already made civilians a target.... the only way to respond is in kind..
infrastructure manufacturing and the population thats supporting it and the war effort become legit targets..

Our country was for the most part united and down with the cause
Even mobsters where helping with the war effort
and i know my granpas and great uncles weren't sent all over the globe TO LOSE


Hiltler was planing long range weapons to hit the east coast
BOY did he wanna bomb NYC


old timers still alive will tell ya they had black outs
subs patrolled the east coast ..sunk ships

If hitler could of nuked NY or DC he would of ...the german nuke program stalled and ran into problems ..we got lucky

The japs tried to set the western US on fire with balloons

If we had built those bases at the end of WW I, we wouldn't have had to fight WW II. It' cheaper to have 150 bases than to jump start from nothing, and a lot safer. We don't have the domestic manufacturing capacity we had in WW I And WWII now, either. I like having big carrier task forces and bases around the world, and lots of satellites and lot of mutual defense treaties in place. I can disagree with many of the modern tactics, but not the general strategy. I'm not interested in whether or not the 'locals' love us or not; I've been around and met a lot of the 'locals' around the world up close, and few impressed me as people we need to suck up to.

 

[mikegriffith1]

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on.

You might wanna read my article.

https://miketgriffith.com/files/immoraluse.pdf

And, regarding Pearl Harbor:

https://miketgriffith.com/files/provoked.pdf

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Happy Hiroshima day! That's HH. Heil Hitler you must worship Hitler.

 

[mikegriffith1]

A few points:

* Not all Japanese forces were brutal and cruel. Japanese rule in a few places was mild and tolerant. It depended on which general was in charge in the country.

* Many Japanese leaders opposed harsh and cruel measures when they became aware of them, and many Japanese leaders did not learn of the army's cruelty until after the war because of army censorship.

* The death rate of Japanese POWs held by the Soviets was nearly double the death rate of American POWs held by the Japanese.

* We killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, many of them women and children, in our bombing raids on Japan. The numbers of dead and wounded grew even more when we began to use napalm ("fire-bombing"). After November 1944, Japan was virtually defenseless against air attacks. Our air raids lost fewer than 4 percent of their planes.

* FDR, desperate to save Stalin's Soviet Union from collapse, imposed increasingly harsh sanctions on staunchly anti-communist Japan and rejected every Japanese peace offer. Japan only decided to attack Pearl Harbor when it became clear that FDR was not going to accept any of the enormous concessions that Japan was offering in an effort to get the sanctions lifted. Instead of making Japan an ally, FDR provoked them to war. Japan was prepared to invade the Soviet Union, but FDR made sure that didn't happen.

http://miketgriffith.com/files/immoraluse.pdf

 

[Picaro]

A few points:

* Not all Japanese forces were brutal and cruel. Japanese rule in a few places was mild and tolerant. It depended on which general was in charge in the country.

* Many Japanese leaders opposed harsh and cruel measures when they became aware of them, and many Japanese leaders did not learn of the army's cruelty until after the war because of army censorship.

* The death rate of Japanese POWs held by the Soviets was nearly double the death rate of American POWs held by the Japanese.

* We killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, many of them women and children, in our bombing raids on Japan. The numbers of dead and wounded grew even more when we began to use napalm ("fire-bombing"). After November 1944, Japan was virtually defenseless against air attacks. Our air raids lost fewer than 4 percent of their planes.

* FDR, desperate to save Stalin's Soviet Union from collapse, imposed increasingly harsh sanctions on staunchly anti-communist Japan and rejected every Japanese peace offer. Japan only decided to attack Pearl Harbor when it became clear that FDR was not going to accept any of the enormous concessions that Japan was offering in an effort to get the sanctions lifted. Instead of making Japan an ally, FDR provoked them to war. Japan was prepared to invade the Soviet Union, but FDR made sure that didn't happen.

http://miketgriffith.com/files/immoraluse.pdf

Oh my, those poor Japs, abused by Da Ebul FDR; I guess he also sent them training films on the correct use of pitchforks for loading live babies onto trucks and other Fun Facts of Japanese occupation. All those American POWs were liars, too, forced to perjure themselves by Da Ebul FDR, too. Stalin told him what to do n stuff.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Anyone who doesn't celebrate is a commie and a homophobic bigot

Enola was gay ...DERRRR

View attachment 273146

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

You have failed miserably.

First, where have I ever stated anything excusing Japan’s war crimes. Links I posted, which you failed to read and learn from, refer to their war crimes.

Secondly and more importantly, you fail to comprehend the difference between the magnitude of the US government’s mass murdering of hundreds of thousands of civilians, versus what Japan did.

Do you really think since they did it, we should too? What kind of screwed up justification is that?

Mass murdering civilians of a defenseless nation wanting to surrender, is immoral and unjust.

Wake up.

wake up to what
Your mashing of teeth and crying like a two year old ?


Secondly and more importantly, you fail to comprehend the difference between the magnitude of the US government’s mass murdering of hundreds of thousands of civilians, versus what Japan did.

NOt really BUT If you say so
who you trying to convince ? me or you ?

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

* Not all Japanese forces were brutal and cruel. Japanese rule in a few places was mild and tolerant. It depended on which general was in charge in the country.

Oh well then ...In a few places they we're kind and humane snuggle bunny's

Awww how sweet

* We killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, many of them women and children, in our bombing raids on Japan. The numbers of dead and wounded grew even more when we began to use napalm ("fire-bombing"). After November 1944, Japan was virtually defenseless against air attacks. Our air raids lost fewer than 4 percent of their planes.

SO ?

How many Chinese civilians died at the hands of the righteous huggie bunny nips hands

IT was immoral to drop the bomb ?

just your opinion

 

[gipper]

Best not to face the truth of the terrible immorality of mass murdering civilians.

It is said those who live by the sword perish by the sword.


Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing
American foreign policy thus proceeded under a grim calculus that parses acts of violence to conclude some are morally justified simply based on who holds the knife, with much of the history of the next 70 some years a series of immoral acts allegedly servicing, albeit destructively and imperfectly, the moral imperative of saving lives by killing. America’s decisions on war, torture, rendition, and indefinite detention could be explained in character as the distasteful but necessary actions of fundamentally good people against fundamentally evil ones. Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right.

And with that, boom! The steps away from August 6 and the shock-and-awe horrors inside the rubble of Mosul are merely a matter of degree. The drone deaths of children at a wedding party are unfortunate collateral damage in service to the goal of defeating global terrorism. Same as the 3,100 civilians killed from the air since the U.S. launched its coalition war against the Islamic State, along with 3,674civilians destroyed by drone strikes in other parts of the world.

We are, in fact, able to think we are practically doing the people of Afghanistan (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia…) a favor by killing some of them, as we believe we did for tens of thousands of Japanese that might have been lost in a land invasion of their home islands had Hiroshima not be killed for their prospective sins. There is little discussion because debate is largely unnecessary; the myth of Hiroshima says expediency wipes away concerns over morality. And with that neatly tucked away in our conscience, all that is left is pondering where to righteously strike next.

America’s deliberate targeting of civilians, and its post-facto justifications, are clearly not unique, either in World War II, or in the wars before or since. Other nations, including Japan itself, added their own horror to the books, mostly without remorse. But history’s only use of nuclear weapons holds a significant place in infamy, especially on this August 6. America’s lack of introspection over one of the single most destructive days in the history of human warfare continues, with 21st-century consequences.
Don’t Whitewash the Hiroshima Bombing

whos whitewashing
Im fine with it

why dont ya ask the japs about mass murdering civilians ....

We really shined during the firebombing of Tokyo ...now that was some real death and destruction

The ugly American. We have too many like you.

So youll just ignore the vicious Japanese and the millions of civilians they slaughtered and experimented on
CHeck

so much for you have any morals whatsoever

what would you of have them done back then ? bent over ?

candlelight vigil ? are you the type of retard that goes to candlelight vigils to hug muslims after they kill 3000 people ?

You have failed miserably.

First, where have I ever stated anything excusing Japan’s war crimes. Links I posted, which you failed to read and learn from, refer to their war crimes.

Secondly and more importantly, you fail to comprehend the difference between the magnitude of the US government’s mass murdering of hundreds of thousands of civilians, versus what Japan did.

Do you really think since they did it, we should too? What kind of screwed up justification is that?

Mass murdering civilians of a defenseless nation wanting to surrender, is immoral and unjust.

Wake up.

wake up to what
Your mashing of teeth and crying like a two year old ?


Secondly and more importantly, you fail to comprehend the difference between the magnitude of the US government’s mass murdering of hundreds of thousands of civilians, versus what Japan did.

NOt really BUT If you say so
who you trying to convince ? me or you ?

Yeah the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of defenseless civilians, is really nothing to get upset about.

WTF!

 

[gipper]

* Not all Japanese forces were brutal and cruel. Japanese rule in a few places was mild and tolerant. It depended on which general was in charge in the country.

Oh well then ...In a few places they we're kind and humane snuggle bunny's
View attachment 273326
Awww how sweet

* We killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, many of them women and children, in our bombing raids on Japan. The numbers of dead and wounded grew even more when we began to use napalm ("fire-bombing"). After November 1944, Japan was virtually defenseless against air attacks. Our air raids lost fewer than 4 percent of their planes.

SO ?

How many Chinese civilians died at the hands of the righteous huggie bunny nips hands

IT was immoral to drop the bomb ?

just your opinion

You are disgusted by the atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Army (rightly so), but somehow find the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of defenseless Japanese civilians by US bombing, to be entirely acceptable.

Do you fail to see the hypocrisy?

 

[mikegriffith1]

A few points:

* Not all Japanese forces were brutal and cruel. Japanese rule in a few places was mild and tolerant. It depended on which general was in charge in the country.

* Many Japanese leaders opposed harsh and cruel measures when they became aware of them, and many Japanese leaders did not learn of the army's cruelty until after the war because of army censorship.

* The death rate of Japanese POWs held by the Soviets was nearly double the death rate of American POWs held by the Japanese.

* We killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, many of them women and children, in our bombing raids on Japan. The numbers of dead and wounded grew even more when we began to use napalm ("fire-bombing"). After November 1944, Japan was virtually defenseless against air attacks. Our air raids lost fewer than 4 percent of their planes.

* FDR, desperate to save Stalin's Soviet Union from collapse, imposed increasingly harsh sanctions on staunchly anti-communist Japan and rejected every Japanese peace offer. Japan only decided to attack Pearl Harbor when it became clear that FDR was not going to accept any of the enormous concessions that Japan was offering in an effort to get the sanctions lifted. Instead of making Japan an ally, FDR provoked them to war. Japan was prepared to invade the Soviet Union, but FDR made sure that didn't happen.

http://miketgriffith.com/files/immoraluse.pdf

Oh my, those poor Japs, abused by Da Ebul FDR; I guess he also sent them training films on the correct use of pitchforks for loading live babies onto trucks and other Fun Facts of Japanese occupation. All those American POWs were liars, too, forced to perjure themselves by Da Ebul FDR, too. Stalin told him what to do n stuff.

Cherry-picking and exaggeration don't refute facts. FDR definitely pushed the Japanese into war because he was desperate to save Stalin's Russia. He turned down very reasonable, if not extraordinary, Japanese peace offers, and refused to even meet with Prince Konoye (Konoe) to discuss the situation.

As for Japanese occupation, go read Hildi Kang's book Under the Black Umbrella: Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910–1945. Kang interviewed hundreds of Koreans who lived under Japanese rule in Korea and was rather stunned to discover that most of them had never experienced cruelty and that quite a few of them said they had no problems with the Japanese. Yes, there were some cases of abuse and cruelty, but these were the exception, not the rule.

Or, read General Elliott Thorpe's book East Wind, Rain. Thorpe was certainly no cheerleader for the Japanese, far from it, but even he was willing to admit that the Japanese treated Dutch prisoners from Java better than Sukarno's thugs treated them.

You mentioned American POW accounts. Yes, go read those accounts, because some of them mention Japanese guards who were not cruel or vicious and who did what they could to help the POWs. I again repeat the fact that the death rate among Japanese POWs in Soviets hands was nearly double the death rate of American POWs in Japanese hands.

To be clear, I am not denying that in many cases, many Japanese soldiers behaved in a cruel, vicious, inhumane manner, but such conduct was by no means universal.

And, while we're at it, we might wanna consider the voluminous evidence that many American soldiers behaved in a cruel and inhumane manner as well, including extracting gold fillings from live Japanese prisoners, executing Japanese prisoners, and shooting at Japanese sailors in the water after their boats had sunk. Our soldiers did not commit as many war crimes as did the Japanese, but they committed quite a few. Read John Dower's famous book War Without Mercy and Richard Aldrich's award-winning book The Far Away War: Personal Diaries of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific.

 

[gipper]

A few points:

* Not all Japanese forces were brutal and cruel. Japanese rule in a few places was mild and tolerant. It depended on which general was in charge in the country.

* Many Japanese leaders opposed harsh and cruel measures when they became aware of them, and many Japanese leaders did not learn of the army's cruelty until after the war because of army censorship.

* The death rate of Japanese POWs held by the Soviets was nearly double the death rate of American POWs held by the Japanese.

* We killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, many of them women and children, in our bombing raids on Japan. The numbers of dead and wounded grew even more when we began to use napalm ("fire-bombing"). After November 1944, Japan was virtually defenseless against air attacks. Our air raids lost fewer than 4 percent of their planes.

* FDR, desperate to save Stalin's Soviet Union from collapse, imposed increasingly harsh sanctions on staunchly anti-communist Japan and rejected every Japanese peace offer. Japan only decided to attack Pearl Harbor when it became clear that FDR was not going to accept any of the enormous concessions that Japan was offering in an effort to get the sanctions lifted. Instead of making Japan an ally, FDR provoked them to war. Japan was prepared to invade the Soviet Union, but FDR made sure that didn't happen.

http://miketgriffith.com/files/immoraluse.pdf

Oh my, those poor Japs, abused by Da Ebul FDR; I guess he also sent them training films on the correct use of pitchforks for loading live babies onto trucks and other Fun Facts of Japanese occupation. All those American POWs were liars, too, forced to perjure themselves by Da Ebul FDR, too. Stalin told him what to do n stuff.

Cherry-picking and exaggeration don't refute facts. FDR definitely pushed the Japanese into war because he was desperate to save Stalin's Russia. He turned down very reasonable, if not extraordinary, Japanese peace offers, and refused to even meet with Prince Konoye (Konoe) to discuss the situation.

As for Japanese occupation, go read Hildi Kang's book Under the Black Umbrella: Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910–1945. Kang interviewed hundreds of Koreans who lived under Japanese rule in Korea and was rather stunned to discover that most of them had never experienced cruelty and that quite a few of them said they had no problems with the Japanese. Yes, there were some cases of abuse and cruelty, but these were the exception, not the rule.

Or, read General Elliott Thorpe's book East Wind, Rain. Thorpe was certainly no cheerleader for the Japanese, far from it, but even he was willing to admit that the Japanese treated Dutch prisoners from Java better than Sukarno's thugs treated them.

You mentioned American POW accounts. Yes, go read those accounts, because some of them mention Japanese guards who were not cruel or vicious and who did what they could to help the POWs. I again repeat the fact that the death rate among Japanese POWs in Soviets hands was nearly double the death rate of American POWs in Japanese hands.

To be clear, I am not denying that in many cases, many Japanese soldiers behaved in a cruel, vicious, inhumane manner, but such conduct was by no means universal.

And, while we're at it, we might wanna consider the voluminous evidence that many American soldiers behaved in a cruel and inhumane manner as well, including extracting gold fillings from live Japanese prisoners, executing Japanese prisoners, and shooting at Japanese sailors in the water after their boats had sunk. Our soldiers did not commit as many war crimes as did the Japanese, but they committed quite a few. Read John Dower's famous book War Without Mercy and Richard Aldrich's award-winning book The Far Away War: Personal Diaries of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific.

I’m afraid it’s hopeless. Trying to dispel the myths Americans believe about WWII, is damn impossible.