Except massive reparations were a primary cause of WW2 to begin with, at least in Europe. It wouldn't have done any good to put the Japanese in our debt indefinitely. HoolaHoopMan
The difference being that Japan, being resource deprived islands, could be kept in check more easily than a German state in the heart of Europe. Hunger and a lack of resources would have kept them docile. Even if that failed, the threat of a resumption of the atomic bombing campaign would have sealed the deal.
EDIT: It's really difficult to militarize on 500 calories per day.
I can't believe any American would second guess this decision. Everyone should understand that Japan attacked the USA with absolutely no justifiable provocation.
This poll is missing what I would do in Truman's place. I would have dropped the first atomic bomb on Kyoto. I would have dropped the second on Hiroshima. After their surrender, I would have had the entire imperial family rounded up, taken to the US, and publicly executed. I would have then imposed a practically unpayable reparations bill on the Japanese people that would have placed them in servitude to the USA for generations.
i dont get the people who think it would be necessary to invade japan to end the war, its an island and the country had originally no expansionism in their history.
HFkami
Your statement is utterly and completely false. As evidence, I point to the Imjin War from 1592 to 1598. History proves you wrong.
They started it, and we finished it. They were completely out of their minds to think that they could start a completely unprovoked war against the United States and win. They were out of their minds at the start of the war and they were out of their minds at the end of the war. Let's not forget that even as Japan was losing the war in the Pacific, they continued to slaughter millions of Chinese and Korean people without mercy.
Those who say no are asking mercy for the merciless. I don't play that.
lol you people that try to label people are amusing. I do not hate Nintedno. I own a DS after all. But I call em how I see em and the Wii sucks and most of it's games are shovelware. This is a known fact. It doesn't matter whether you agree with it or not.
AmazonTreeBoa
Whether or not a game is shovelware isn't a fact; it's an opinion.
??? what are you talking about? a woman wears it so that men judge her based on her words and personality rather than on her looks. That's giving her depth not brain washing her into a baby maker. my God OT what's with the ignorance? and if you have gnorance on the subject can't you atleast look into it befoe making rash assumptions?mayceV
It's a silly concept because it proposes that women can only be taken seriously if they cover their faces, allthewhile not imposing such conditions on men. If men ALSO had to cover their faces, then you might have a point, but since the custom does not require men to cover their faces, you don't.
and i'm not defending that law or many of the laws. your missing my point completely. if a woman wears a hijab or even the niqab (which i don't particularly like) what is it any of your business that she wears it? I mean you live in a country where women could basically walk around naked and nobody blinks an eye. hell.... they got nude beach's even. I'm merely pointing a double standard.SaudiFury
...and if I don't want my employees wearing what is essentially a mask to work, then I should be within my rights to ban the burqa in my office.
Sega, also a Japanese company, at one time was also a hardware company as well and they didn't all commit hari-kari once they had to stick to software.KC_Hokie
The difference being that Iwata has actually stated this intent to the press in the past.
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