Japan was a terrible enemy, and is still widely hated in Asia for her crimes of WWII.
My uncle survived the Bataan Death March, only to be taken to Japan to work as a slave in their mines. When repatriated, he looked like a Dachau survivor.
Funny to think how much Japan (and Germany) benefited from ‘The Allies’ winning the war: both countries are now thriving democracies. Where would their own people be today if they had won the war? Likely, both Jap and Nazi populations would have been living a somewhat ‘Soviet Era USSR’ type existence.
True. When you think of the Germans and Japanese, there is a common thread. A rabid ideology, combined with utterly ruthless cruelty. Nowadays, Germans and Japs are the nicest people you could ever meet. They make nice cars and electronics. They are both nearly crime free and basically pacifist to almost a fault.
The good solid ass whooping they both got is the common denominator. Flattened every town in Germany. Nuked and burned and starved Japan.
Now today, in modern times, is there a culture that is driven by a raid genocidal culture? Who craves world domination? Who exhibit utter inhuman ruthlessness?
I like to think that we missed a golden opportunity after 9/11. Mecca, Medina, and Islamabad should have been flattened with ICBMs without comment and every Saudi dollar findable should have been confiscated.
With short overwhelming nation conquering, making Islam illegal violence, we really could make those people nice. I know, “its a religion”,,yada yada,,. But we outlawed Nazi stuff after we conquered Germany. Besides, its not true anyway,,,,outlaw it.