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Japan’s “great ally”, USA, used to boil flesh off of Japanese skulls and send them home as war trophies and gifts to their sweeties back home. (rarehistoricalphotos.com)

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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imperial Japan was obviously a fascist state that needed to be dismantled (and sadly wasn't nearly as much as it should have been), but if we're talking barbarism, Pearl Harbor was nothing compared to the other items listed. It was an air strike on a naval base, nothing was really exceptional about it except that it's rare for someone to dare to attack the US.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was done during a period of negotiations for peace. It was the perfidy, not the damage, with a dose of racism/xenophobia that mobilized Americans.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure it was because someone dropped bombs on American soil. In any case, the fact that it touched on the American aggrievement fetish does not put it on par with the other events listed.