Is this in violation of the terms of surrender in 45? Not that Obama would do anything if it were and not that I blame the Japanese for recognizing our weakness in abiding by the terms and providing military protection and taking steps to defend themselves.
I remember reading how US troops in Germany did not feel bad about bombing or attacking civilian targets or in engaging in pillaging as they felt the German people allowed this to happen. Whatever it is we are headed toward is not good and I view us as just as culpable as the German citizenry in allowing a nation to trip down this road to chaos during our watch.
As the war ended in Germany and US troops entered my mother’s hometown of Bachnang, the war weary citizens were treated with kindness and compassion by the GIs. My mother eventually married a soldier and immigrated to the US. She never spoke of the pillaging you described. Her family refused to display the Swastika in their shop window. They also helped their Jewish neighbors as much as they were able to.
>> I remember reading how US troops in Germany did not feel bad about ...
A significant attack on credibility based on something you seem to recall reading. And the connection to the following sentence is unclear.
Japan is frightened. Is has every right to be. Through obscene trade policies, the U.S. is on paper indebted to, and influenced by China. So where does that leave Japan?