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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[-] Jumpingspiderman@reddthat.com 5 points 5 days ago

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.

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[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days 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.

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