Re:North Korea’s one-percenters savor life in ‘Pyonghattan’
by wildmusings on Sunday May 15, 2016 @06:51PM
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>How would Americans feel if China invaded California, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of civilians in the process of occupying the land by force, completely destroying the local culture and economy, raping and killing more or less without consequence, and then never left?
Your analogy is incomplete because you left out the part where this fictional America conquered all of its neighbors and engaged in mass rape and murder and was in the process of attempting global domination in tandem with the Nazis. And if you're referring to the nuclear bombings, then perhaps you aren't aware that the US had encountered nothing but total violent resistance from Japanese populations that they had occupied. An invasion of the mainland would have been an absolute blood bath, and Japan refused to surrender.
Re:North Korea’s one-percenters savor life in ‘Pyonghattan’
by krapp on Sunday May 15, 2016 @07:57PM
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I was mostly talking about the destruction that was the Battle of Okinawa, and the controversies that have surrounded the US military presence there since[0]. But to be fair, the Japanese military wasn't much better to their own people, starving, torturing and encouraging mass suicide.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forces_Japan#Con...
Re:North Korea’s one-percenters savor life in ‘Pyonghattan’
by dagw on Monday May 16, 2016 @07:52AM
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No one is defending the actions of Japan during WW2 nor are we arguing about whether or not what the US did then was justifies. Even if we take it as a given that the US where 100% in the right and Japan 100% in the wrong up through 1945, that was 70 years ago and I can certainly imagine the locals feeling like they are very much paying for the sins of their (grand)fathers.
Maybe you should at least read up on the history of Okinawa's occupation before writing the effect of America's presence there off as "boisterous 20 year old Americans." How would Americans feel if China invaded California, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of civilians in the process of occupying the land by force, completely destroying the local culture and economy, raping and killing more or less without consequence, and then never left?
You can argue (probably correctly) that the US presence in Japan has done a lot of good and that it's necessary for Asian stability, but I wouldn't write off any anger or hostility that might be there as NIMBYism. They have legitimate complaints about the way the US has conducted themselves.