[torchthemummy]

Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?"

How about the Japanese actually wore uniforms? How about the Japanese collectively surrendered. How about Al Queda doesn't, and won't.

[highlander_UW]

How about the Japanese actually wore uniforms? How about the Japanese collectively surrendered. How about Al Queda doesn't, and won't.

That is, of course, also true. Hanks fails on every level in his argument.

[skeeter]

We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different.

No, dummy. We annihilated them because A) they warred on us first, and B) they insisted upon it.

The marines learned very early, at the battle of Alligator Creek on Guadalcanal, that treating Japanese soldiers by the rules of war very often had fatal consequences.