First, I’m not so sure any Japanese person would be represented by someone with that name.
Secondly, we nuked them.
Japan hasn’t been living in a subservient shadow of the US riddled with guilt over Pearl Harbor.
Third, FDR - the worst president we ever had - knew about it. They disclosed that about 10 years ago
Their only guilt is that they lost
We did think that an aggressive Japanese reaction to sanctions was likely, but there isn't anything showing we had advance knowledge of the coming air attacks against Pearl. Simply not true.
You're kind of right. It's not just "guilt over Pearl Harbor". But make no mistake, many Japanese have been "living in a subservient shadow of the US riddled with guilt" over their entire role in WW2. I HOPE this poster is correct, that Trump's light remarks relieved them from this guilt.
I worked with, and managed professionals in Japan for many years. I loved some of these people as if they were family. ANY MENTION, in ANY context, of ANYTHING that happened in WW2 would shut them down, emotionally. It was unlike anything I have ever experience. A strong, opinionated manager would stop what he was saying...put his hands together, bow his head, and say nothing. They just wait for the conversation to change topics.
Their guilt is real. And their appreciation for the way the US has embraced them afterward is real.
I was watching, live, when Trump made those comments. I immediately cringed. And I saw the same reaction I described above in the Japanese PM. Total sadness. But then, she recovered. MAYBE, coming from the US President, such a comment finally has conveyed to them that we are "Over It". I pray it did give them some peace.
Japan has been a good ally for us over many decades now. I hope they can begin to see that we see them as partners.
For comparison: SOME Germans still feel pings of shame. But not many, and not much. They have long moved on. And they don't really like us much anymore.
Japan hasn’t been living in a subservient shadow of the US riddled with guilt over Pearl Harbor
Are you Japanese? The man who stated this is, and I’m guessing he would no more about the national soul of Japan than we would.
“Third, FDR - the worst president we ever had - knew about it. They disclosed that about 10 years ago”
A ridiculous conspiracy theory. I have no love for Franklin Roosevelt, but this is silly. FDR loved the Navy and its ships. He wouldn’t deliberately sacrifice it like that and how could he know they would take the bait? Second, everyone suspected war with Japan could happen at any moment but no one except the Japanese knew the when, where, and how.
“Secondly, we nuked them.”
That’s right, and they deserved it. My dad was in the Battle of Manila. He saw what they did there. Just for that, they earned a nuking.