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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
Why can't Japan have a military and remain strong allies with the U.S.? England has a great military. Isn't U.S. and England strong allies?
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Yes, but you have to remember that we were originally British colonies. We defeated the world's strongest military at the time and become our own country. While England has been awfully nasty to the USA at different points in history, it's never engaged in combat with us since the war of 1812. That was a long time ago and not even remotely close as severe as the repercussions caused by the Axis in World War II.
Over 45,000,000 innocent civilians were butchered by the Axis during World War II. Over 16,000,000 Allied soldiers died in World War II. The Allied forced paid a heavy, almost unbearable price since then. Allied forces, primarily the United States of America, helped build Japan and Germany into the economic powerhouses that they are today, despite the horrific crimes committed by their governments. Japan itself killed over 10,000,000 people from 1937-1945. Do you grasp the enormity of that? I doubt you actually understand it, or else you wouldn't be whining about the lack of a military.
I hope you don't feel too bad. Japan shares it's lack of a military with Germany. Nobody wants Japan or Germany to have the ability to wage war again. I seriously think Germany and Japan came out okay in the end, regardless of the horrible, horrible nature of their crimes against humanity. You actually got your country back, and now you want a military, and it's just not going to happen. This is the truth of the matter, just accept it.