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Modern US foreign policy gets criticized all the time for drone striking civilians and \\\"bombing brown people,\\\" but I don\\\'t see a lot of people saying \\\"it\\\'s necessary to stop the terrorists.\\\"

People criticize US foreign policy all the time for drone striking civilians and \\\"bombing brown people,\\\" but I don\\\'t see a lot of people saying \\\"it\\\'s necessary to stop the terrorists.\\\"

Imperial Japanese atrocities were definitely worse (and I wish Japan wasn’t the aggressor in the first place), but they’re no excuse to demonize all Japanese people.

Imperial Japanese atrocities were definitely worse, but they’re no excuse to demonize all Japanese people.

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war (and I wish Japan didn\\\'t become an aggressor in the first place). But I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes on civilians with the same logic. People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop the terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war (and I wish Japan didn\\\'t become an aggressor in the first place). But I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes on civilians with the same logic. People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop the terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war even if it took two atomic bombings (and I wish Japan didn\\\'t become an aggressor in the first place). But I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes on civilians with the same logic. People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop the terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war (and I wish Japan didn\\\'t become an aggressor in the first place). But I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes on civilians with the same logic. People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop the terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war (and I wish Japan didn\\\'t become an aggressor in the first place). But I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes on civilians with the same logic. People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war. But I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes on civilians with the same logic. People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war. I would consider the bombings a necessary \\\'\\\'evil\\\'\\\' at most. I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes on civilians with the same logic. People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war. But how come I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes with the same logic? People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people\\\" but few would say \\\"it\\\'s justified to stop terrorists.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war. But how come I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes with the same logic? People criticize the US all the time for \\\"bombing brown people.\\\"

[=PaulA441980=] is trying to blame \\\"many Japanese\\\" (and not just nationalists) for the downplaying of Japanese war crimes, as if the entire country is intrinsically evil.

Yes, Imperial Japan committed worse atrocities and I\\\'m glad they lost the war. But how come I never see anyone trying to justify drone strikes with the same logic?