If war broke out tomorrow....

[Weltall]

If you say that the blame of the Pacific War in WW2 was theirs, 100%, you do not know your history one bit. Yes, their agression was their fault. However war was not a given. We forced confrontation, you see.

What? We cut off supplies. Therefore, we in some way deserved to get attacked? Because of that we share the blame? That's absurd. They had choices, as you said. They could back down or lash out. They made the wrong choice, completely of their own volition. And they paid dearly for it.

You look like you don't understand my point there. We just insult and make buffoons of the Nazis despite the horrors they brought on Europe. The Japanese? They we made subhuman in a way, made them look as stereotyped as possible with shoddy construction and building materials (because Asians can't do things as well as whites..), and make them sinister, evil, backstabbing... it's a noticable contrast if you watch or read this stuff and it's mostly due to racism.

Do you remember the massive German backlash there was in the First World War?

It also bears noting that much of America's action for a good deal of our involvement was against Japan. Until D-Day, there really wasn't a huge American presence against Germany. For most of the war Japan was our nemesis. When we were finally able to start throwing our weight around in Europe, Germany collapsed pretty quickly. They weren't the immediate threat to America that Japan was. Racism? Yeah, that had something to do with it. But the fact that Japan was much closer to home and for a while practically knocking on the door, coupled with their coward's attack against us while in peace talks doubtless made Americans far more pissed at the Japanese than we were with Hitler.

For the rest, I will agree with Nagasaki. There was no point to a second bomb. We should have been a tad more patient. But the first was an absolute necessity in my opinion. The only way to beat sense into a people with a death wish is to grant it for a few thousand of them.