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Japan has never even come to terms with its history. They are a homogenous people who let a demi-god like dictator lead them to a disatrous war and now they are trying to gloss over the ill deeds they did.

Huh?

Japan has steadfastly maintained a small, purely DEFENSIVE military position for the last half-century, and modern Japanese culture is accepting of force only as a means of self-defense... both are a result of Japanese guilt over the horrors of WWII. Even their constitution reflects this.

Better to let that self-preservation genie out of the bottle.

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Boy, you really head your head stuck somewhere. I wrote that they are glossing over their history, not building up their military.

Their "conservatives" ae rewriting their history books and not teaching the children the truth about Japan's aggression during the first half of the 20th century. The rape of Nanking is a footnote. The wars were to liberate Asia from colonialism. The atomic blasts - at least according to the museum in Hiroshima - appears to be the result of unprovoked American aggression.

Japan may now be one of the most peaceful and staunch allies the US has, but its history shows it can behave otherwise. Its failure to come to terms with that behaviour is a very good reason to be glad they don't have nuclear weapons.

Can you imagine how you would feel if German students were taught a sanitized version of WWII holocaust included? That is, essentially the path along which Japan is headed.

Your myopia is shocking.