The only way to rationalize this is to think that if they were treated as they treated others there would be no difference between them and their victims. We would all become what we condemn, and monsters ourselves. They're still human trash, obviously. Glad they're dead.
It may come as a surprise, but several of these historic events were already famous before Hollywood told the story. Maybe research beyond Google would help with accuracy.
When historical artifacts are destroyed by their enemies or victors, it’s so sad. Regardless of how egregious the crimes of the people they are warring against, the damage done to the historical record is more devastating. As Churchill said, “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Destroying a culture’s heritage and legacy represented by physical artifacts and art, is tantamount to erasing history itself. Even if that culture is guilty of genocide, war crimes, torture etc. their existence MUST be preserved both by physically protecting artifacts and by documenting their existence and actions. Future generations will be able to learn about the events and the causes that led to those events so that they can prevent future human atrocities. I’m a huge history buff, and find the evidence of past civilizations to be fascinating. What motivates people to do certain things and how entire groups of people can collectively be able to harm and kill others in an appalling manner is a great way to keep us safe from the reemergence of a similar era of misery
"He was sentence to death but died before that sentence could be carried out." Before it could be carried out? It had been like 25 years... it was never gonna be carried out!
When I visited the Arizona memorial on Oahu, I was struck by the number of Japanese tourists who were laughing and taking pictures. This site is a graveyard. It was just so disrespectful. Then, when going to snorkel in Hanauma Bay, they were literally standing on the coral formations taking pics. When I visited the bay nearly 15 years later, the coral was just destroyed from such activity. I’m sure that plenty of ignorant people had their hand in it, not just the Japanese. I have nothing against them, my older brothers and our parents were stationed there for four years in the 50’s. My Mom said that on the ship they took from here (USA) over to Japan, a Chinese man took an interest in my older brothers, particularly John who was very light blonde. He turned out to be Chiang Kai Shek’s aide-de-camp.
I didn’t know what happened to the victims of the Jonestown massacre. The US military taking on the huge task to recover the bodies and bring them back to the United States is commendable. Those poor people
I once saw a picture of a little Japanese girl , naked and screaming . Her clothes had been burned off her poor little body. She was covered with burns. She didn’t sanction the war. I understand more than most that war is hell. My Dad fought in the Pacific Theater during WWII and was never the same. He was a crew chief for airplane engine mechanics. He saw friends of his “roasting like sausages” in the wreck of their plane which crash landed. My biological father was an Air Force bomber pilot stationed in Britain. He flew bombing runs over Germany including the bombing of Dresden. He became an alcoholic just as my Dad did.
@@awakenyewhosleeprealityisn4860 the picture you're mentioning sounds a famous picture of a young Vietnamese girl running towards the camera. A napalm strike on her had burned and blown all her cose off. I can't remember her name but she did survive when older she did some commentary on tv and possibly a book. @he lives in America since the war ended. Sounds like it was tough on your family in ww2. The greatest generation doesn't do enough to describe them. Men and women both. My father was in ww2 also he was a frogman. I can't emagin what it would of been like getting up every morning to go get in those aircraft . Especially the dresden type runs over Europe. From the mechanic the gunners and pilots. NERVES OF STEEL. ALLL HEROES!
@@jerryrichards8172 Wow, I definitely didn’t realize that she was Vietnamese. The main memory surrounding that photo was when my biological father was visiting us, and I showed compassion for her, a total innocent. He turned to me red faced with rage and tore into me about how we didn’t start the war, etc, that I was a bleeding heart idiot. That upset me so much. He was so different from my wonderful Dad, who had a compassionate heart. It’s so incredibly sad that their generation has all but died off now. My parents were in their mid and late 40’s when my brother and I came along. My husband’s Dad was in the USAF during Vietnam and he was able to admit that fact that they were doing reconnaissance over Laos and Cambodia because it became declassified. He was greatly affected as well. He was involved in some “orders is orders” situations where his plane had to drop jeeps into territory that was clearly overtaken by the enemy. Virtually certain death. No way to come away unscathed from stuff like this. I bet your Dad had some amazing stories to tell. My Dad had a difficult time getting started talking about it, but once he started, it was just amazing. He was in New Guinea for a time, and some of his best (and most er, colorful) stories were from there. I was the only girl and the youngest of four children, born in 1964. He had had time to work out a lot of the trauma by then. Oddly, I was really the only one who talked with him much about that kind of stuff. I only wish I had been mature enough by the time he passed in ‘94 to get him to open up even more, and write it down.
@@awakenyewhosleeprealityisn4860 I don't see how anyone can look at that picture and not feel some kind of emotion. You're story is much like mine in that wishing I had the forethought to record my dad's storys. He told me many storys from his frogman time in the war but they where all the good times him and his buddy's would get up to. The one and only war related story was that he attached bombs under to water to ships and blew them up. I'm a 62 baby are only vietnam soldier was my sisters husband he did 3 tours in a small helocopter called a loach hopping around on top the bushes trying to get enemy soldiers to shoot at him. Then the gunships would swoop down on them. He did the yrs got shot down and wounded each yr. The war really messed him up and latter agent orange got him.. bringing it up was a big no no. I tried get to get help but he wouldn't. Vietnam finally took his life last yr through suicide. Sadly Some wars never end.
Yeah, okay...They started it, and we built them back up to be a superpower, but now we are their "beloved uncle". It's good to have indebted "relatives" in Asia...
TELL THE JAPANESE 2 RETURN THE BODIES LOST AT PEARL HARBOR OH THATS RITE THEY CANT THER INTERNED IN THER SHIPS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PACIFIC AND THERS ALSO THE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS THAT THEY HAD 2 INDURE
