What I want people to understand about Hiroshima is that even if it were true the bomb ended the war (it's not) and even if it were true the bomb prevented a costly invasion of Japan (it didn't) it doesn't MATTER. It doesn't make dropping the bomb less of a crime against humanity
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Replying to @Superethical94
There were tribunals set up to judge Japanese perpetrators in the US and the USSR. Tell me about the tribunals American leaders had to face
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Ok. I'm not disagreeing with that. Still doesn't justify the use of nuclear weapons
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Replying to @Superethical94 @ellle_em
I think countries should talk about their own war crimes more than those of other countries, especially those of their enemies they committed war crimes against I think if you actually want to prevent future war crimes, you should hold your own country to that standard
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And if you don't, you don't actually have the moral standing to condemn Japan on this issue (which, as someone of Chinese descent, I agree is fucked up)
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I will also note that in practical terms the important thing isn't really whether you lay wreaths at Yasukuni or not The practical outcome of WWII was that Japan had its war machine dismantled and was ruled by an occupation government for seven years
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Japan was, in fact, punished, whether you think the punishment was adequate or not Its current constitution had anti-imperialism forcibly written into it By contrast the US has pretty much never been directly punished for its actions by any external source since the War of 1812
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