[stevem]

Your assertion that "this was a racist war" implies that the war was fought purely on the mutual dislike or hatred between the U.S. and the Japanese.

You may infer anything you like. I doubt there was an American anywhere, including Roosevelt, whose reasoning was, "I hate these people. Let's fight them." Yet, I can tell you from many discussions with people that were right on the point of the fighting that Americans with guns were happy to kill Japanese by the bushel (as G. C. Scott would have said).

I believe American fighters respected the Japanese without any love lost for them. In fact, I think so many Americans hated the Japanese like the devil hates holy water.

I don't think the Japanese had much respect for anything that wasn't Japanese.

[Veeram]

"You may infer anything you like. I doubt there was an American anywhere, including Roosevelt, whose reasoning was, "I hate these people. Let's fight them."

Then why do you call it a racist war ?

Are you saying the racist feelings of both sides were the cause of hostilities ? yes or no ?