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0 pointsdrumdance10y ago0 comments

It's not the exactly the same thing from your perspective, but I bet it is from the victims'.

Imagine if a drone from Saudi Arabia or better yet Assad's Syria swooped into your community looking for, the leader of a US infantry commander, and instead blew up a wedding party. And not just once, but dozens of times over the course of years.

How would you feel about that? Would you want retribution?

Would you want to spend time debating what a "terrorist" is?

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tome10y ago· 1 in thread

Seems that Germans, Japanese, Vietnamese, Nicaraguans, have all managed to contain their need for "retribution" from the United States.

drumdanceOP10y ago

That's because their leaders either committed suicide or gave up.

Before Japan's surrender they were planning kamikaze operations against the US invaders and believed casualties might be in the millions. They had already launch 2,000 kamikaze operations to that point in the war.

Hirohito ordered his people to submit, and the US allowed him to stay on the throne as a reward. Most of his generals were executed.

If Hirohito himself had been executed, it wouldn't surprise me if there had been a horrific backlash against the occupiers.

I don't know why you mention Vietnam. From their perspective, Vietnam won the war. More importantly, they got the US to do what they wanted: leave them alone.

raverbashing10y ago

Going for retribution continuously is the same thing as "an eye for an eye and the world will go blind"

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