So, as someone who was born in one of those countries that Japan invaded and whose family was there during the time of the invasion, Japan deserved the nukes. But I have no issues with people questioning it
So, as someone who was born in one of those countries that Japan invaded and whose family was there during the time of the invasion, Japan deserved the nukes.
Than America also deserves some nukes. And Germany. And Russia. And most major countries, and everyone in the wars. What's your point?
History is written by the victors. Did Japan do terrible shit? Absolutely. And if they'd won, history would rightfully hold the United States and the Allies accountable for their numerous atrocities, while the Axis side gets off scot-free from theirs.
Again, the Japanese did fucking monstrous stuff...so did everyone else. That doesn't absolve Japan, to be clear. Just saying it's all a matter of perspective.
Also, nuking civilians just because their government did bad shit in a war is terrible logic. It would make any city in America a legitimate target for our enemies, for starters.
Isn't it wild how the intentional targetting and murdering of civilians by Allies is swept under the rug, not taught, or perfectly justified in WW2, but when done by the Axis, it's painted as the most heinous thing ever?
The fire bombing of Dresden, which was only to target civilians. Many of our bombing campaigns later in the war, against Japan and Germany, were specifically to target civilians. Many don't even know about the post war atrocities. In Germany alone, we killed tens of millions of civilians, through starvation, rape, forced relocation, and murder, of men, women, children, and elderly. The post war relocation of Germans was one of the largest migrations of people in human history, and almost no one knows about it. Russia mass raped every German woman, from little girls to grandmas, for months (or was it years, I can't remember), many of them to death, in front of their families, often killing anyone who tried to stop it. There's quite a few stories of people unable to sleep in German cities because sll of the glass windows were blown out from all the bombing campaigns, and the screams from all the people being raped every night turned it into a literal hell on earth.
Learning this stuff after my "education" in school, and seeing what movies and shows are offered by Hollywood, paints an extremely clear picture of how insanely skewed "history" is written, and how much people can be manipulated.
So, as someone who was born in one of those countries that Japan invaded and whose family was there during the time of the invasion, Japan deserved the nukes. But I have no issues with people questioning it
Than America also deserves some nukes. And Germany. And Russia. And most major countries, and everyone in the wars. What's your point?
History is written by the victors. Did Japan do terrible shit? Absolutely. And if they'd won, history would rightfully hold the United States and the Allies accountable for their numerous atrocities, while the Axis side gets off scot-free from theirs.
Again, the Japanese did fucking monstrous stuff...so did everyone else. That doesn't absolve Japan, to be clear. Just saying it's all a matter of perspective.
Also, nuking civilians just because their government did bad shit in a war is terrible logic. It would make any city in America a legitimate target for our enemies, for starters.
Isn't it wild how the intentional targetting and murdering of civilians by Allies is swept under the rug, not taught, or perfectly justified in WW2, but when done by the Axis, it's painted as the most heinous thing ever?
The fire bombing of Dresden, which was only to target civilians. Many of our bombing campaigns later in the war, against Japan and Germany, were specifically to target civilians. Many don't even know about the post war atrocities. In Germany alone, we killed tens of millions of civilians, through starvation, rape, forced relocation, and murder, of men, women, children, and elderly. The post war relocation of Germans was one of the largest migrations of people in human history, and almost no one knows about it. Russia mass raped every German woman, from little girls to grandmas, for months (or was it years, I can't remember), many of them to death, in front of their families, often killing anyone who tried to stop it. There's quite a few stories of people unable to sleep in German cities because sll of the glass windows were blown out from all the bombing campaigns, and the screams from all the people being raped every night turned it into a literal hell on earth.
Learning this stuff after my "education" in school, and seeing what movies and shows are offered by Hollywood, paints an extremely clear picture of how insanely skewed "history" is written, and how much people can be manipulated.