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Originally Posted by KuranUSA
No,it won't do any good. at all. ever.
This all changed on december the seventh,1941. Peral harbour immediately thrust America into a war in which the general public knew nothing about the enemy. All they knew was that they had been attacked,so it was time to respond in force. The news immediatley responded with the kind of propaganda that any war brings,that of the"savege Japanese,who still use swords,who eat their captives(really,they said that) and live in wooden huts.' This was broadcasted for four and a half years,and so naturally people who never saw a Japanese person themselves started to believe it. Then the atomic bombs droped,and people were happy.
It continues to this day,because while the propaganda has stopped,people by and large still belive in the'them Japs' image brought home by the war.
Should Japan have it's own army? Definitley. It is any one country's right to have an army to defend itself,and attack another should it be nessescary. There is no reason for Japan not to have it's own army.
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Propaganda was used by all sides. Japan was no exception. They had the same feelings towards the Americans, and especially toward chinese, and koreans.