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piersyf · 05-20-08, 05:26 PM

Like I said, one of the things I love about this forum is you can find open minded Americans here. I didn't want to go to the 'dehumanising' of modern enemies, but thatnk you undersealcpl for doing so. I love the discussion in 3 Kings about it... rag head and camel jockey is OK but dune coon or sand ****** isn't (from a negro sergeant). Says a lot.
Yes the embargos on Japan before WW2 were an attempt to show displeasure, but (I think) it is in the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire (written by an American) that states the US made its choices on economic grounds.
And yes, propaganda was a major factor in the war, one in which the US does still suffer from the so called 'free press'. A friend of mine (an American living in California) came out for a visit and stopped over in Fiji for a scuba dive, just in time for the second coup. When she got out and arrived in Oz the first thing she wanted to do weas ring home and tell her mother she was OK. Her mother's reply was 'coup? what coup?' Not important enough to report in the US, so it just didn't happen.
The US isn't the only country to suffer from this, but the US IS a powerful giant on the world stage, a theoretical democracy that is put in place by a largely ignorant and uneducated populace, at least in terms of geopolitics and history. The world's largest lynch mob is the result. Having open and honest discussions with people from other places is a way of getting 'alternate views'. See, I'm not saying I'm right, just that I see the world from a different place. Open and honest from your perspective is a start, but also be willing to take on new information as it comes up (and is verifiable)

05-20-08, 05:26 PM	#45
piersyf Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: australia Posts: 52 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Japan in WW2 Like I said, one of the things I love about this forum is you can find open minded Americans here. I didn't want to go to the 'dehumanising' of modern enemies, but thatnk you undersealcpl for doing so. I love the discussion in 3 Kings about it... rag head and camel jockey is OK but dune coon or sand ****** isn't (from a negro sergeant). Says a lot. Yes the embargos on Japan before WW2 were an attempt to show displeasure, but (I think) it is in the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire (written by an American) that states the US made its choices on economic grounds. And yes, propaganda was a major factor in the war, one in which the US does still suffer from the so called 'free press'. A friend of mine (an American living in California) came out for a visit and stopped over in Fiji for a scuba dive, just in time for the second coup. When she got out and arrived in Oz the first thing she wanted to do weas ring home and tell her mother she was OK. Her mother's reply was 'coup? what coup?' Not important enough to report in the US, so it just didn't happen. The US isn't the only country to suffer from this, but the US IS a powerful giant on the world stage, a theoretical democracy that is put in place by a largely ignorant and uneducated populace, at least in terms of geopolitics and history. The world's largest lynch mob is the result. Having open and honest discussions with people from other places is a way of getting 'alternate views'. See, I'm not saying I'm right, just that I see the world from a different place. Open and honest from your perspective is a start, but also be willing to take on new information as it comes up (and is verifiable)