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In reply to the discussion: Japan Unveils Biggest Warship Since WWII [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)understand it, go back as far as the known written history of man. If you adhere to any religion, it is in their Bibles. What the Axis did, is not the first attempts of genocide, on the basis of racial superiority, and it want be the last. It is not the first time in history, certain races have been oppressed because they were thought of as inferior either. The Japanese considered the Chinese and Koreans inferior, just like the Europeans did to the Africans and American Indians. How many people do you think great conquerors like Alexander,Ghengis Khan,or the Romans slaughtered? How many Africans do you think died at the height of the Atlantic Slave Trade or Native Americans, that were wiped out during the conquest of North and South America. Even Africans have committed genocide. It was part of Darwin's Theory about the nature of man. Dropping a Nuclear Bomb or two on Japan didn't prove anything though. There was no winners. Now you have Nuclear proliferation.
You can't place it back into the box now can you? Right after we nuked Japan, General McArthur threatened to nuke China, but was fired. It made the Chinese and USSR build their own nuclear arsenals. The North Koreans wanted help from both but they refused. The U.S. reneged on an armistice with North Korea. The original Treaty was a declaration, no nuclear weapons would be used on the Korean peninsula. The U.S. came back and voided the nuclear weapon provision, by stating, they had the right to place tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula. Ever since, the North Koreans has been trying to get their own nuclear weapons because they are afraid the U.S. might invade them. They have been trying to get a Treaty from the U.S. not to invade them, but Bush destroyed that with his speech.
The U.S. also shared that technology with her allies. That includes Britain and France. You need to consider the environment of the U.S. after the Civil War, Reconstruction and up to those Two World Wars. And lets not forget the period of Manifest Destiny and the push out West. Racism was rampant in this country and some of that was directed at Chinese immigrants. We also had prior adventures in Japan. Japan had a lot of experience or places to get their racist supremacist ideology from. They admired the Europeans. Just go back to the beginning of man. Maybe you can start with the children of Adam and Eve? Maybe it is in Greek Mythology and Pandora's Box. Maybe it is with King Saul, and man's battle with God. Evil is just a part of this World. when people have supremacist ideas, then you will get genocides. It is going on in the Middle East now, based on rightwing supremacist ideas about race.