It’s been seventy-two years, now. and the event is passing out of living memory. We should remember, but given the state of public education, in another generation it will either not be taught at all, or as some sort of demonstration of the intrinsic racism of America.
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One thing I’m concerned of about the remembrance of WWII is the degree to which Japan’s use of a sneak attack against the US becomes the poster child for Japanese perfidy when it should be their many crimes in China and Korea. Nazis are synonymous with evil, but the IJN and IJA made rape, murder, and chattel slavery for the purposes of systematic rape matters of official policy.
Also, some conspiracy-minded people have tried to justify Pearl Harbor on the grounds that the U.S. cut off oil supplies to Japan (the U.S. was a net oil exporter at the time), but neglect to consider that continuing to supply Japan would have made us complicit in their war crimes, which were already egregious by 1941.
Mel Brooks once said, “Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole and break your leg. Tragedy is when I stub my toe.” The actions of Unit 731 were certainly atrocious, the stuff of nightmares… but Pearl Harbor happened to US.
should be their many crimes in China and Korea.
Indeed. The progressives were very happy to ignore rape, murder, and chattel slavery so long as they retained power in the US. The Soviets picked up on this and learned not to be as obvious about their other intentions as Germany and Japan.
Japan has never apologized for the atrosities they committed in WWII. Not only did Japan attack Pearl Harbor(USA) but they also bombed and occupied the Philippines and other South Pacific cities/nations
which were possessions or allies of the USA. During the 39+- months from 1941-1945, many service
men/women were without reinforcements, were taken prisoner of war as well as thousands of civilians fron allied countries caught during the occupation. The Japanese captors did not follow the Geneva conventions, and saw defeat a fate worse than death. Captured soldiers/civilians were considered the scum of the earth.
My family was captured and imprisoned in the Santo Tomas Internment camp in Manila for the duration of the war. I was born there. We survived the Battle for Manila during the month after the Liberation in February-March 1945,
There are other stories besides Pearl Harbor. I do not believe any of them were surprizes to the powers that be.
My grandfather has since passed on; he was a bosun’s mate on the USS Nevada that morning. He was in the shower when the bombs started falling, and had to fight with just a towel on for the whole first wave. My family will remember, at least.