[IcewindDude]

Whether or not they have officially apologized or not, I don't want to relate Japan's old past with the people there today. Do not blame the entire people for something they cannot help. Most of the newer generations do not even share that same mindset. Some of the old farts in both Japan and America harbor some bad feelings, but that is disappearing along with that generation. The war is OVER and while the mistakes should not be forgotten, I have to say get over it already.

Similarly, I don't want to be blamed for all the stupid things (imo) that the American government has been up to recently. As a citizen of the US, I really feel I have no say so. They hardly represent ME. Just like many people of this world, we just live here and have to deal with the environment we're put into, whether it's the US, Japan, or anywhere else.

An unsettling fact is that we don't know what all happened back then. "Facts" sometimes trickle out, but we can never be sure of the mysterious government... What we can be sure of is that Japan and America came to an agreement despite what all the higher ups knew. Who can you really blame for that, the doer or the accepter?