From: zzrhardy@iinet.net.au   
      
   > I've heard a manga claimed the U.S. started WW2.  Anybody know about   
   > it?  reply to my email, k?   
      
   Anyone who knows the a bit of history will know that the US weren't   
   blameless. Heck - it was the US via a certain "Mr Perry" who rudely ripped   
   down Japans "bamboo curtain" in the first place and opened the door to the   
   extremely aggressive colonial power s and resulting unfair trade treaties.   
      
   The problem was that Japan both despied and admired the colonial powers, and   
   ended up trying to emulate them.   
      
   But, don't mistake this for a defence of the militant right wing or ultra   
   nationalist movement in Japan. Regardless of how Japan treated other   
   countries during WW2, it was how they treated their own population in the   
   face of the enemy in places like Saipan and Okinawa that ultimately proved   
   that their is no room in Japan for ultra nationalists/right wing   
   militants... and every time I come across a foaming example of one I am   
   proud to remind them exactly  how their arses were completely whipped in   
   WW2 for good measure.   
      
   ^_^   
      
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