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Sixty-four years ago, on December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on American air & naval forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Over 2,400 American soldiers, sailors, Marines, and civilians were killed - just under 1,200 were wounded.
The American public seathed with an anger the likes of which had never been seen before. They swore to strike back at the Japanese, to make them pay - pay dearly - to never, ever forget who they had provoked and who would crush their nation.
As with most wounds, time has eased the pain that those survivors still feel. The Japanese learned from their mistake and have paid for their error in judgement. They've become one of our closest allies since 1945. But they'll never forget just who crushed them in just three years & nine months after being attacked.
The Japanese people, while they don't like to talk about it, haven't forgotten what happened 64 years ago. Neither have the remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack.
And neither should you.
Yep, I agree. But we're talking apples and oranges here, believe me. Japan was - and still is,
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Miko once commented that most of the older students she has say that being defeated & occupied by
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Miko once commented that most of the older students she has say that being defeated & occupied by the US was the best thing that could have happened to them.
|| Posted by Cait, December 8, 2005 04:28 AM ||Yep, I agree. But we're talking apples and oranges here, believe me. Japan was - and still is, to some extent - a relatively isolated country with almost no friends. That in itself is a huge difference. And anyway, the oldies are dying out now, leaving young ones who have vastly different attitudes.
|| Posted by Miko, December 11, 2005 03:36 AM ||