[GoNative]

It isn't singling out Japan. We have been talking about the two countries that singlehandedly killed more people in one war than in any previous conflict in human history. If you're trying to turn this into some sort of racist debate you're way off base.

Your comment above about scales though I think does come into it. There's very few nations on this planet that haven't killed off the indigenous peoples of the countries they now live in. There are very few nations though that have expanded beyond their own countries to invade other soverign nations and kill 10's of millions of people. Of course past civilisations have done similar expansions like the Romans, Greeks, Mongols, etc. But none of these countries today pose a serious military threat do they? With WWII we are still talking about a conflict that's not just relagated to the history books. Many are still alive who partook in it or were greatly affected by it. It'll be sometime yet I think before people would be comfortable with the idea of Japan or Germany building up their military to be capable of seriously posing an offensive threat.