Well, I was having a good day until I watched those two videos. It is as if these were Martians or something certainly not human. The atomic bomb I can understand. It was a calculation of the numbers who would die in an invasion of Japan, both American and Japanese, against the numbers to be killed in the atomic attacks. There is no doubt that the bombs were more merciful. And there is no doubt that they were terrible as well.
But Unit 731. How can human beings conceive of such a thing? And how can they actually put it into action? And then, how can their conquerers blithely overlook the horror that was done and just make a deal to absolve some of the most monstrous people of all history. War must destroy the morals of all participants equally.
I'm personally even more angry about my government's granting of immunity than I am of the Japanese government's bankrolling of the whole thing. That made up participants, equally as guilty as they. Then why fight the war? If you are willing to fight and die for right, why not be willing to live in the right afterwards?
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