[2ndDivisionVet]

He’s dead Jim.

[CharlesOConnell]

He attacked the WWI Bonus Marchers. He couldn’t kick out FDR, they tried to buy Old Gimlet Eye, who went to Congress.

[Star Traveler]

We need Japan as an offset to China, in the future.

[montag813]

Before and during World War ii, Japan authored some of the worst brutality in mankind’s history. The wartime ruthlessness and fanaticism of the Japanese was largely driven by their belief that their emperor, Hirohito, was a god destined to rule the world. State Shinto became the national religion, promoting an ideology of Japanese racial superiority and the notion that Hirohito was divinity. These ideologies became the mantras of school curricula and were trumpeted in Japan’s civic life. The toxicity of this faith made many Japanese virtually incapable of surrendering—even in the face of insurmountable odds.

Sounds like any Islamic Republic.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

MacArthur (PBUH) was no dummy.

China’s full-scale civil war resumed in 1946, a year after the end of hostilities with Japan. His assumption would have been that a communist China would ally with the Soviet Union, presenting a huge threat.

So he not only wanted Japan rebuilt, he wanted it rebuilt in a hurry. Truman realized that the use of the atomic bombs on Japan would not be missed by the Soviet Union, who up to then had demanded a division of Japan like Korea. But that deterrent would not last for long.

And MacArthur (PBUH) wanted to use atom bombs against the Chinese in Korea as well.

So the bottom line: China threatens Japan, so a militarized Japan is a-ok.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Would MacArthur Support Japan’s Moves Toward Constitutional Revision?

Quite frankly, who cares?

MacArthur made his share of mistakes. And now is not 70 years ago.

Right now I am worried about China. A armed and ready Japan provides a nice counter balance in Asia.

[castlegreyskull]

Would Japan changing its constitution in such a way have possible consequences to our alliance with them? I imagine that it would, but I really don’t know.