[Hebrews 11:6]

Churchill's diagnosis of the Jap military's unconscionable disregard for civilian welfare and life, in ¶2, p. 1, could have been written by you:
"...power still lay almost entirely in the hands of a military clique determined to commit the nation to mass suicide rather than accept defeat. The appalling destruction confronting them made no impression on this fanatical hierarchy..."

[henkster]

Nice to see Winnie agrees with me. :)