[Kara no Kyoukai reply to Pacific 15th, 04:30
China never defeated Japan. Japan surrendered only to the United States...]
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There is some truth in your statement and it only confirms what many believe, which is that the Japanese only respect BRUTE FORCE. There is also some eerie similarity in mentality between the Japan of today and Germany between the World Wars.
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After WWI, the German army felt "betrayed" by their politicians, who surrendered "without being militarily defeated". As a result the German right-wing did not feel obliged to accept the terms of their defeat. All that changed after WWII, in which Germany was not only soundly defeated but did so by its main victim-- The USSR. The Rape of Berlin woke up the Germans so much that the denial of the Holocaust became a crime in Germany.
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The fact that the main victims of Imperial Japan-- China, Korea-- did not actually militarily defeat Japan makes the Japanese right-wing arrogant. They feel that they are superior to their former victims while instinctively submitting to their white conquerors. It will have to take a "Rape of Tokyo" to bring them to their senses.
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Needless to say, your statement above merely admits that, of the War in the Pacific and East Asia, only the part between Japan and the US is settled. The part between Japan and its Asian victims is still unfinished and remains suspended. Like the war in Europe, it will take a 2nd session to bring it to conclusion. Fortunately, unlike the first session, this 2nd session will be fought when the aggressor, Japan, will be weak while its victims, China, Korea and other Asian countries, will be strong. THAT will be poetic justice done!}
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