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> BTW: I was born in Japan.

Then your nationality is Japan or not? Interesting to hear.

> Nice try to completely avoided the actual facts of the rape of Nanking, the Bataan Death March and Unit 731. Regardless of what the U.S. does now ( and I agree some of it is awful), Japan's armies raped, tortured and murdered enormous numbers of POWs and civilians during WWII.

Even if some include propaganda from the Chinese government, I have already said "both Japan and the US did bad things in the past." and not completely avoided the facts. You even did not answer my questions. Please read my comments carefully.

> You can't deny it any more than I can deny that the U.S. currently kills terrorism suspects with drones.

Oh yes, babies are terrorist suspects, doctors and patients in hospitals are also terrorist suspects. Aren't they?

> The dropping of the bombs was clearly humane.

If dropping atomic bombs is clearly humane, why not use them in every war? The US should use them in every war since Hiroshima and Nagasaki but they have not. Atomic bomb is considered one of the Weapons of Mass Destruction, that even the US justifies for starting a war in Iraq for the suspicion of them for just having a WMD. Clearly using atomic bombs is an inhuman action and the US knows it. That is why they have not used it anymore.

> The Emperor and military were going to use millions of civilians as human shields and weapons during the invasion. They refused to surrender unconditionally until the bombs were dropped. They intended to duplicate the results of the "Divine Wind" yielded against the Mongols, only using human lives instead of a hurricane. All so they could retain their "empire" and their ability to subject Chinese, Koreans, and peoples across the NW pacific.

Again I have already said "the Emperor and the Japanese military could have done a better job to surrender earlier". You seem to rush into conclusions without reading my comments carefully and many times having a false conclusion. At the present day, atomic bomb is a WMD and using WMD is clearly considered an inhuman action also by the US government themselves.




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