SamuraiBlue, Utter nonsense!
Yeah, his reply would probably be, it's 70 years in the past and Japan had not killed a single soul from then,
Yes, for 2 forced reasons which have nothing to do with Japan, or more accurately the overwelming Japnese far right politicians and their voters:
1. Japan has been under US military occupation since post WW2 and tied up ny Japan's once Pacifist no-war Consititution . No sane people would and could still kill others under this situation.
2. it is not a logical reason per se to induct that Japan will not do so in the near future, particularly under the current Abe regime which i) whitewash history - completely deny that they "killed people" even previously. and ii). just tried their utmost to have ditched ( or "reinterpreted") Japan's Pacificist Constitution which ensured that Japan couldn't kill any people in the last 70 years in the first place.
the one who did were given punishment as well as Japan as a nation.
Wrong. In reality, Japan hasn't been punished at all due to WW2, but rewarded hanesomely instead, to such an extend that one can cliam that Japan, being geographically larger and economically more prosperious immidiately post WW2, was de facto a "winner" of the WW2.
Even Abe himselve publicly admitted so in his recent visit to Papua New Guinea where he sent flowers to the tomb of Japanese soilders there and thanked them for "without the contribution of these soilders, Japan wouldn't have had today's prosperity".
Japan was supposed to be punished by the allies post ww2, yet 1 thing changed the history which is the victory of Mao in China mainland. China turning Communist made the US readjusted its geoppolitical interests in which the old ally China suddenly became an enermy whereas the old enermy Japan becoming a useful frontline vassel state to contain China.
From there most Japanese war criminals were set free ( including Abe's grandfather) and Japan's economy was not punished but hugely benefitted instead by
i) being the logistics base supplying US troops for the following Korean War ( huge amount of war $$$ infusion) and
ii) being allowed freely accessing the world's biggest market at the time - the US and later on Europe and the rest of world market. This paved the very foundation for Japan's post ww2 quick recovery - hence 1980-1990 "Japanese Economic Miracle". In fact Japan was USA's "China" from 1950s till 1970s.
None of above could be achieved so easily so qucikly had Mao lost Chinese Civil War. In that case, japan would have been punished by the allies - both the US and China together. China's economy , instead of Japan's, would have been on top instead.
Indeed the coincience that Mao won the Chinese Civil War changed the course of history and ultimately saved the loser Japan. Ironically if want to show ThankYou, Abe should have sent a wholehearted salud to Mao instead of his Shrine.
The present Japanese citizen has nothing to do with it.
About 1/3 to 1/2 Japanese voters strongly support Abe still this day. Abe's key policy is to re-intepret Parcific Constitution of Japan by stimulating the deflated downhilling japanese economy through the follow-on rearmment of Japanese Army and weapon export with huge military industrial complex build-up - no price for guessing which genius gave hime the idea though. Polls show that about 1/3 to 1/2 present day Japanese citizans still have very much to do with it. Hard to imagine 1/3 to 1/2 of present day Germans are still publicly endorse Hitler and his nazi re-armment policies.
Long story short we got over it and suggest you people to get over it as well.
Short story longer , there're intelligent people know their history, there're intelligent people but ignorant, there are avg ppl but know history, there're avg ppl but ignorant, there're intellectually-challenged ppl but know their history, there're intellectually-challenged ppl and ignorant, then we have so-called "we" who supposed "got over it" . rofl.
History is bound to repeat itself if not reflected properly. The irony is that Abe can propagate "China threat" and "China this or that", but the recent history shows that the single biggest risk posed for peace-loving people aound the world, including those in China, AND in USA, AND in Abbott's Australia, is Militarism Abe regime of Japan: For the 1st time after WW2, the US has "delibarately" lost control of Japan, by the low IQ Obama administration & associated thinktanks, wishing that somehow mad dog of Militarism Japan could help contain China. Yes, it might help a little, but Abe won't stop there.
Yet Japan & Abe are not low-IQ neither ignorant in closed door. Knowing their own history well and deep, they know full well that 1st and foremost real enermy of Milirarism Japan is NOT China that they took as a mere red-herring for bargaining, but the US. If you think that the sweet revenge one day of the ultimate shame of being nuked, being nuked twice, is not for any minute in the psych of Abe & the Associates, then you are clueless about far right Japanese and their culture. Hey, China after all didn't nuke Japan. I suppose you know who did. ROFL.
