JackM1
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history is history...you cant erase the peoples' record of what THEY know really happened. Domken; there is no reason to doubt what happened to joanus' aunt. just because there isnt a military record of any sort of trial(which DOESNT always happen my friend, you seem to be under the impression that the military ALWAYS takes accusations like that seriously and puts their men on trial, when in fact, they dont. dont bs yourself into thinking that just because on paper everything was geared towards a peaceful occupation that thats what EVERY single person did, all the time, unconditionally). you said that if an "accusation was leveled there would be an investigation" and a trial...well, if YOUR country was at war with the country who's men raped and killed your family member, would you REALLY go to their base and tell them about it?(keep in mind that these peopel were convinced to KILL themselves rather than be captured, because they were under the impression that americans would do horrable things to them...with that kind of fear behind them, i would have been AMAZED that the family told anyone other than other relatives and/or maybe those who lived by them)...also, just HOW did you check into his claim, exactly? what, you just did a google search for girls killed during ww2 in japan? without a name, im sure that would have been very hard.... never fool yourselves into thinking that EITHER side is made up of roses and gold during a war. there will always be those people who find enjoyment out of blowing things up, and shooting the enemy. each side will always find and think the worst of their enemy, and commit attrocities in the name of what they believe is justice. take, for example, the fairly recent scandel of how pow's in iraq were being tortured for information. the soldiers thought they were doing a good thing by getting information about the enemy, we, not being in the situation, were able to look at it from the outside and thought differently. hindsite is 20/20, im sure there are veterans of every war that look back at the things they did and wonder what possessed them. were those people REALLY the enemy, or civilians? should we have pumped napalm and agent organge onto the forest in vietnam? could that shadow moving around been one of our own, and not the enemy? might i have done something different and saved my friend? could i have pulled a little harder, or saved the grenades? war is a sick thing people, always has been and always will be. to the winner go the spoils and the right to write their version of "history" and how it "REALLY" happened; unfortunately in the modern world when so many eyes are watching, its almost impossible to do now, but clearly some people still try to do it. as a closing thought; when was the last time you went to a vietnam memorial and saw ANYTHING about us scortching children with napalm, or causing hundreds to be born with birth defects because of our use of agent organge, a VERY strong chemical which killed the forest and leaves it still unable to recouperate? or how about the fact that we joined the war to fight with the french, who were trying to keep vietnam as a colony in french indo-china, despite having gone through the same process for independance ourselves?
< Message edited by JackM1 -- 10/24/2007 12:24:32 PM >
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