I sorta thought the Brits had accepted the fact that the United States doesn't belong to them any longer. We're close friends, but that doesn't eliminate the Independence Day meaning.
I don't hate the Japanese, even though I lost a cousin in the Bataan death march. I don't hate the Japanese, because they have become our allies and friends.
But I was a Combat Aircrewman/Aviation Ordnanceman in the latter part of WWII, and I confess to hating the people on the other side who acted in what I thought were crazy, inhuman ways. For example, the kamikazis were generally scared young men who had been impressed into suicide missions in various types of planes, mostly obsolescent.
But somebody ordered those missions. But at that time, nobody was making the fine distinction that it was only the leaders who were doing this. The kamakazis came close to turning the tide at Okinawa.
Somebody ordered the Bataan death march. That was an cruel, inhuman thing to do. But nobody at that time was making a fine distinction that it was only the leaders who were doing this.
Repeat: I don't hate the Japanese of today who are our friends and allies. But I hated the Japs in WWII.
That may not make sense, but it's just the way I feel.