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Well yes did bomb pearl harbour but you did bomb nagasaki,hiroshima and killed more civillians in one conventional bombing raid on tokyo than what you did with the nuclear bomb so reckon you could say you've settled that score and then some.Maybe if you were there n now in your 90's you might have the right to bear a grudge still.Then again i've not heard much about the US doing anything to help Japan anyway thou admittedly that doesnt mean you aren't doing a lot.lol.
13 years ago. Rating: 4 | |
fastbob, the Japanese are a proud people and are taking care of things on their own. We have a ship there with supplies, helicopters land on it then take the supplies to the people who have been left with nothing. We have people on the ground assisting in search and rescue. We have doctors there. The Japanese have not accepted all of our help as again, they wish to handle their own problems. We sent a ship filled with coolant to help with the nuke problem, again, they wish to handle it on their own. We are there, like other nations but can only offer the help, it's up to Japan to accept.
No one says anyone from ww2 should forget (my father was killed in ww2) but we should learn from our mistakes, and we should not blame everyone for what happened three generations ago. Study, read and learn what life was during this era. They bombed Pearl Harbor. We bombed Hiroshime. We picked up the tab for rebuilding where we fought. We wanted mega bucks to do a job so the companies moved the jobs overseas to people willing to work for smaller wages just to be able to live. We don't believe education is the answer. They do, and we wonder why we are falling behind.
We want what we want right now. We take care of our politicians, but we resent our educational system moving forward . To prepare our citizens for good jobs. Yes we resent companies that pay minum wage because everything we need for daily living cost too much. . Minum wage keeps us in poverty. What's the answer? It's not blaming Japan. How about taking care of tomorrow for our great grands.
13 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
Mom is 91 years old and that was one of the first things she said. She was a U.S. Marine from 1942 to 1945, although she did not go overseas she watched her brothers leave. All that said she does feel sorry for what happened over there and said she harbors no resentment.
13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
it is very hard to tell that to a 91 year old. Both mom and dad were in WWII. They were older parents mom was 42 when I was born and it was very different living with them compared to my friends. WWII was a major part of their life that they will never forget.
No offense to you and your mom, but we should live for now, not for the past. The past should be remembered and learned. But living today for the best is all what it takes for us to happiness and for the future.
13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
Correction: the Japanese have never made reparations for the war they started in China in 1931 and continued until we HAD to bomb them in 1945 to end it. and still today they will not take responsibility for it. and if you haven't been listening " the Blacks do blame the Whites for slavery.
13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
And we bombed them into hell, destroyed their cities and helped rebuild Japan. I remember receiving a tin toy of a car made in Japan. It was easy to pull apart and the backside of the tin showed that the tin was a beer can from USA.