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>Japanese civilians at the time weren't really innocent.

Wow, Its fascinating, the mental gymnastics people perform to rationalise the atrocities their side perpetrates while in the same breath deploring the atrocities committed by the other side.

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That's what you get, when you give children an identity resolving around your moral high ground, you being the greatest, you bringing freedom to the world, praising veterans who defend you against constant threats (in itself a contradiction), having a romantic relationship with your flag and the list goes on and on.

You better not take that away, because what defines you if you do?

I think the people that say these things have a very poor understanding of what their own governments do in their name.

If they didn't they wouldn't paint with such a broad brush.

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