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Ms. Yertle

(466 posts)
12. Imperialism??
Mon May 30, 2016, 08:29 AM
May 2016

WWII was not about American imperialism; it was about self-defense and destroying a brutal enemy.

And there are folks right here on DU malaise May 2016 #1
Imperialism?? Ms. Yertle May 2016 #12
While we cannot avoid .... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #37
America came out of WWII with new 'protectorates' that they still control the Marshall Islands, Monk06 May 2016 #103
Your first sentence has been quickly proven correct. pangaia May 2016 #13
Oh? How so? skepticscott May 2016 #27
And what about Dresden .... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #41
Exactly skepticscott May 2016 #52
+1000 sinkingfeeling May 2016 #22
Yup. Cognitive dissonance is even more powerful than the A bomb RufusTFirefly May 2016 #38
This^^^ Silver_Witch May 2016 #80
If only you had been in Japan in the 1930s to write those words. Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #77
Evil empire is not too extreme of a term for the US, IMO Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #2
cool! Try "Great Satan" on for size, too uhnope May 2016 #4
Lol ! whathehell May 2016 #16
That's your response? Really? brush May 2016 #47
Yeah, I guess we couldve left the world to the Russians, Germans & Japanese 7962 May 2016 #70
Typical. brush May 2016 #73
Best you got? Of course. 7962 May 2016 #75
Try reading Kinzer's book and get back to me then. brush May 2016 #76
= can't defend argument, so suggests a book uhnope May 2016 #105
You come in on the tail end of an argument days later. Read the rest of the posts on this. brush May 2016 #108
Absolutely. The US is a fascist, racist, warmongering, n'er-do-well great Satan Albertoo May 2016 #51
See post #25 & 64 7962 May 2016 #69
You've stepped in it now you, you America hater you !! Where is your Stalin, Mao, Tojo derp ? Monk06 May 2016 #98
More were killed in other operations in WW2 than the A-bomb. 7962 May 2016 #3
The Japanese conventially forget that they set in motion events leading up to Hiroshima. TxGrandpa May 2016 #6
The same people who will always argue against the necessity of war skepticscott May 2016 #8
You are exactly right. I've seen it several times. 7962 May 2016 #39
And of course the Japanese .... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #45
Oak Ridge? Ms. Yertle May 2016 #14
My Dad was sent there during the Second World War instead of being drafted. TxGrandpa May 2016 #42
One has to wonder skepticscott May 2016 #10
No. The atomic bombs did not end the war with Japan. pangaia May 2016 #11
In any meaningful sense skepticscott May 2016 #19
Err . . . yes they did. MrModerate May 2016 #26
Well said. And meaningless to many here who refuse to see reality 7962 May 2016 #43
err no the didn't. pangaia May 2016 #67
Wrong. "...the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb.” 7962 May 2016 #79
That is contrafactual . . . MrModerate May 2016 #102
Yeah, cause Japan surrendering 28 days later Cosmocat May 2016 #31
They surrendered much sooner than that. skepticscott May 2016 #44
You are correct Cosmocat May 2016 #48
".. the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb.” Hirohito. 7962 May 2016 #54
"Hiroshima set in motion a sweeping, national generalization that if we do it, it is right." uhnope May 2016 #5
The author should really learn US history better skepticscott May 2016 #7
Well US "history" jimlup May 2016 #20
And do you acknowledge skepticscott May 2016 #23
Obviously jimlup May 2016 #34
Thank you for making my point skepticscott May 2016 #36
Does this make you happy jimlup May 2016 #68
Your saying it does not make it so skepticscott May 2016 #89
I'm not dodging jimlup May 2016 #106
No, you haven't done your research skepticscott May 2016 #107
boring... jimlup May 2016 #112
Nice try, but not even close skepticscott Jun 2016 #113
So was the ... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #49
The carnage from the A bombs didnt matter, but Russia merely declaring war did? Horseshit. 7962 May 2016 #53
It wouldn't be DU without some pintobean May 2016 #9
+1. n/t whathehell May 2016 #18
I don't think other points of view are ever shameful, nor is a memorial a time to whitewash. But jtuck004 May 2016 #24
Today is a day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice pintobean May 2016 #29
I am remembering ALL of those who made the sacrifice, not just those who suit my jtuck004 May 2016 #32
What better day to remember the total and complete insanity of war mountain grammy May 2016 #55
Good Read!! lastlib May 2016 #15
Are you talking about us skepticscott May 2016 #21
What does something else that was stupid, tragic, and useless tell you, that you seem to jtuck004 May 2016 #30
Not an answer skepticscott May 2016 #33
Have a happy day, sweetheart...bye now. jtuck004 May 2016 #35
Feel free to stick your fingers in your ears skepticscott May 2016 #40
I'll say it for both. lastlib May 2016 #56
Also not an answer skepticscott May 2016 #61
Then I can't help you. lastlib May 2016 #72
Funny how all of the America bashers here skepticscott May 2016 #90
We've hosted a few Japanese students. StoneCarver May 2016 #17
Americans would be dying to defend America's supposed interests. Japan doesn't have jtuck004 May 2016 #63
Japan no longer has the monopoly on "cheap products". We'd still defend them. 7962 May 2016 #81
Japan is no longer the source of "cheap products" and hasn't been for some time. Adrahil May 2016 #91
If one slows down their reading comprehension is often improved. I said, that. is. jtuck004 May 2016 #93
I'm not really sure you can say that either.... Adrahil May 2016 #95
My family hosted a Japanese exchange student from Kobe. Feeling the Bern May 2016 #66
Unit 731 in Harbin, Rape of Nanking, Sook Jing Massacre, Parit Sulong, Manila, Singapore Feeling the Bern May 2016 #25
Comments like this.... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #50
Ah, but those Chinese were probably as racist as the genocidal Americans Albertoo May 2016 #57
Best response ever 7962 May 2016 #58
Oh, and the biological weapons used in Zhejiang and Jiangxi to poison the farm land as the Japanese Feeling the Bern May 2016 #64
Oh, for fucks sake Cosmocat May 2016 #28
Exactly...We should have fought the Japanese by bombing our homeland. ileus May 2016 #46
The U.S. and United Kingdom had been firebombing German cities for years. LS_Editor May 2016 #59
^^^ well put ^^^ Albertoo May 2016 #62
A poor analogy. davidthegnome May 2016 #60
Japan Times: Impartiality at its finest! Hey, Japanese times, why not admit your shame with the Feeling the Bern May 2016 #65
All of your assertions are true. But that doesn't make the Op-Ed false RufusTFirefly May 2016 #83
" when you criticize your country, that means you hate your country." Is how the government, Gompers jtuck004 May 2016 #88
When Japan apologizes for starting the war and brutalizing the Chinese for 12 years, Feeling the Bern May 2016 #100
OR, it's just another red herring in the continual war on justice in order to justify greed. Festivito May 2016 #71
No, not really discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #74
To end the war with Japan....I would glad see the entire Japan island go up beachbumbob May 2016 #78
Lovely. Everyone must acknowledge that American lives are more valuable. RufusTFirefly May 2016 #84
Not sure I understand this. Yes, war, that happens. Adrahil May 2016 #92
That certainly is the case in a war that America did not start. Nt hack89 May 2016 #99
This will not help you when they make up the lists for the diplomatic positions in the jtuck004 May 2016 #87
Evidence suggests that Americans place less value on human life than other people, cpwm17 May 2016 #82
Classy, Hate-America-First bullshit on Memorial Day. Odin2005 May 2016 #85
I guess those Mexican incursions One_Life_To_Give May 2016 #86
I swear, if 9/11 happened today, you people would be cheering. name not needed May 2016 #94
That makes absolutely no sense. cpwm17 May 2016 #96
Thank you for making the author's point with such grace. rofl. n/t jtuck004 May 2016 #97
one of our largest shames larkrake May 2016 #101
OTOH the bomb also ushered in the most peaceful 70 years in human history Recursion May 2016 #104
+1 uhnope May 2016 #109
The piece completely ignores American military interventions prior to World War II. Act_of_Reparation May 2016 #110
Of course Japan has a nice, fat Blue_Tires May 2016 #111
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