(I'll make this short: My previous attempt to post this fizzled… )

Why do we fight wars?
Sure, sometimes we're attacked and we have little choice — fight or die.
There are also religious reasons, mostly incomprehensible to even our most devout brethren!
But -then- there are philosophical differences between cultures (nations, military powers — call them what you will).
The U.S. government's masters did not understand Japan. Their philosophy of war was beyond our ken.
Some few of their senior officers (previous to and during WW II) did understand us, but could not escape the dictates of their philosophy.

I've been asked if my nation's nuclear assault on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes… I've said no, and tried to explain a bit to the silly questioners. They not only remained convinced of the justification of their condemnations, they started to re-write history!
(A fairly common European reaction.)

What I'd of you is that you try to discuss here a simple proposition:

To save both the Japanese people and the post-WW II U.S, Emperor Hirohito had to be humiliated!
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I'll let you take it from there. You're bright enough…
Are any of you brave enough?

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2015-05-26, 05:32:46

(I'll make this short: My previous attempt to post this fizzled… )

Why do we fight wars?
Sure, sometimes we're attacked and we have little choice — fight or die.
There are also religious reasons, mostly incomprehensible to even our most devout brethren!
But -then- there are philosophical differences between cultures (nations, military powers — call them what you will).
The U.S. government's masters did not understand Japan. Their philosophy of war was beyond our ken.
Some few of their senior officers (previous to and during WW II) did understand us, but could not escape the dictates of their philosophy.

I've been asked if my nation's nuclear assault on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes… I've said no, and tried to explain a bit to the silly questioners. They not only remained convinced of the justification of their condemnations, they started to re-write history!
(A fairly common European reaction.)

What I'd of you is that you try to discuss here a simple proposition:

To save both the Japanese people and the post-WW II U.S, Emperor Hirohito had to be humiliated!
—————————————————————————————————
I'll let you take it from there. You're bright enough…
Are any of you brave enough?

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