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Originally Posted by CroFlames
The crimes are, of course, awful. But in addition to that, what is sometimes lost on people is the sheer aggressiveness of their national policy/direction for the entire first half of the century. Their entire culture and identity was focused solely on becoming a great power. It was mass production of warships and warplanes, and marching into any country they laid eyes on. It was staggering.
I have absolutely zero concern with Germany ever becoming aggressive again because they came to terms with their past, and actively take steps to prevent extremists from rising up again. Japan actively denies their past, so if they rearmed, I would be more than a little concerned that they would start "liberating" their Asian neighbors.
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Yup, great post and I agree with your opinion 100%. A lot is the way in which they did things and their pursuit of being an aggressive power in Asia. A lot is said about China and even N. Korea in the west, but if Japan were allowed to rearm, I'd be very concerned for my family and friends in Asia - not because of what they did in the past, but because current leadership in Japan supports a return to that.