NYcarbineer
Diamond Member
We 'gave back' Japan and Germany. Was that a mistake?
We never absorbed Germany or Japan into our own nation. A better example would be Guam, which is STILL a US possession.
Correct. Maybe Carbonated would like to address that?
We defeated them and occupied them, no differently than what Israel did with the territories.
So why did we give them their sovereignty back? Was that a mistake?