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groundpounder · **Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:45 am

You have a right to feel the way you do, whatever that way may be. If you feel ill will towards the Japanese or Germans, or anyone for that matter, there is probably a reason for it.

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:41 am

groundpounder wrote:

You have a right to feel the way you do, whatever that way may be. If you feel ill will towards the Japanese or Germans, or anyone for that matter, there is probably a reason for it.

Unfortunately that reason is normally ignorance, prejudice, racism, religion etc.
Humans - there is really no hope that we can 'all just get a long' - it isn't in our DNA :cry:

But on the upside, there wouldn't be these cool warbirds if we did :wink:

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 990

DaveM2 wrote:

But on the upside, there wouldn't be these cool warbirds if we did :wink:

Right on, Dave!

Chappie

CDF · **Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:45 am

Dan Jones wrote:

It's politicians that cause and start wars, but it's the common soldiers, sailors, and airmen who fight them. If the man fought as an honorable enemy he deserves to be respected and remembered for that. Many of these men became our friends and allies after that greatest of tragedies.

well stated

JOMiller · **Joined:** Mon May 30, 2011 8:27 am **Posts:** 321

Yeah well, politicians did not have much to do with the Rape of Nanking,
dunno if they were involved with the Korean "Comfort Women", Pretty
sure they weren't around for the Bataan Death March and subsequent
torture/murder/starvation of American POWs. Dunno if politicians were
involved in skinning captured Marines alive in the island hopping campaign.
Doubt politicians were involved in cannibalism, but the Japanese armed forces
sure were. F 'EM all....I have NO respect

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 990

Again, the negative talk is about Japanese soldiers. The veteran was a pilot.

Chappie

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