Posted by Bret4207 on December 09, 2014 at 05:25:27 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Pearl Harbor Day posted by JOB on December 08, 2014 at 07:04:56:
JOB said: (quoted from post at 12:04:56 12/08/14) Of all the wars you mention how many were sneak
attacks, at 8:00 on a Sunday morning. In WW I
and WW II Germany had the decency to warn us to
stop doing something that was benefiting their
enemy and we continued.
We even warned Japan that something terrible
was going to happen if they did not sign a
peace treaty. After the first present was
delivered by air mail on August 6th and they
did not want to sign, they were told they would
get a second gift by air mail, and they made a
bad decision. It was too bad they did not have
a plane that would fly or a ship that would
float in August of 1945.
I refuse to say thank you to Japan, many
Americans say thank you every time they start
their Japanese car, motorcycle, boat motor or
piece of equipment, your choice.
There is a movie based on a true story about
what happened when the Japanese invaded Guam.
The movie is No Man Is An Island. Watch it and
see the nice Japanese at work.
"Sneak attack"? Maybe. More like "Ignored warning signs". The US gov't ignored the obvious with Japan prior to 12/7/41. The only real reason the Japnese attack was successful was because of American political arrogance. All Japanese were 5'2" buck toothed dummies that wore Coke bottle glasses. As with so many other events, like 9/11 or the Iranian Hostage Crisis, we (our gov't) just couldn't believe anyone would dare attack the USA. Stupidity is what brought Pearl Harbor to us. Dans post above covers some of that.
Yes, the Japanese were ruthless in war. While it's been glossed over and ignored, our guys did some nasty stuff too. No, not as bad as executing unarmed prisoners or running death camps, but there are no innocents in war. Our own people gave us a lot of our problems. Read "Left for Dead" about the story of Wake Island and how the supposed hero, Commander WS Cunningham, gave up and put his men in the hands of the Japanese. Maybe it's the Marine in me, but that was inexcusable IMO.
If you don't want to buy Japanese that's fine by me. I prefer not to buy products from any communist nation or any non US made products if I can. That's awfully hard to do these days.
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 05:30:49 12/09/14.
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