[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Even though we nuked them twice, they appreciated our generous and charitable occupation and rebuilding of their society.

This balances off the ingrates, France and Germany.

[MHGinTN]

The Japanese understand the threat posed by a rogue like N.Korea in their neighborhood and the necessity to have the big dog on their side in opposing N. Korea. The U.N. is totally impotent to deal with threats like N.Korea, as proven by their frog-led appeasement program in dealing with the demonic Saddam. Japan sees the coming axis of world power that will have an irrelevant U.N. squeaking on the sidelines while the big dog and her allies deal with the threats, one by one.

[Diddley]

Even though we nuked them twice, they appreciated our generous and charitable occupation and rebuilding of their society.

Not to mention fire-bombing Tokyo.
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This balances off the ingrates, France and Germany.

Not to mention our peaceniks.