Why were the Japanese so cruel in WW2?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by T@T

I'm a little drunk right now but maybe when I wake up someone will have explained what political or territorial rights Japan had to Hawaii or the Philippines....EVER

And here all these years I thought Japan was just pissed off because of an impending embargo's and the fear of the USA's mighty pacific warships.

Japan never had territorial rights to Hawaii nor the Philippines.

[HOZ]

Originally Posted by Magnum PEI

Ah. Nobody cares what I think. They just hurl insults, without adressing my poiints.
1. The Pacific Waar wasn't the result of a sndeak attack by the Empire of Japan but a long process that started with America's "annexation" of Hawaii and the Philipinnes.

All the way back tot he Spanish - American war? Geez...why not just lay the blame on Comodore Perry? Had he not sailed his ships into Yokohama harbor and demanded the Shogun open up Japan to foreigners; the Meiji Restoration , the annexation of Korea, conflict with Russia, colonization of China and Pearl Harbor would never had happened.

2.Japan was evil, but America's wickedness is in the same ballpark.

Who's on first?

3. America is not the good guys Holywood and the Education system would have you believe. They had no interest in liberating, unless it was necessary for victory

So are we left with homeless flyer handouts to find the truth?

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Nage Waza

Elaborate on opinion being passed off as fact in this thread, as you claim to have happened. Quit running around and respond to that. It seems so simple, you claim something took place and I asked you for an example. You respond with more questions rather than examples.

You want the most recent example? Post 135

[Nage Waza]

Originally Posted by valo403

You want the most recent example? Post 135

This took place after your quote and others have already discredited the points made in post 135. Can you find something on your own?

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Nage Waza

This took place after your quote and others have already discredited the points made in post 135. Can you find something on your own?

No

[T@T]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Japan never had territorial rights to Hawaii nor the Philippines.

No poop

[blankall]

Dude...some of you people really need to learn some history. The Philippines was an American colony following the Spanish-American war, but just prior to WWII America had set up a plan to give the Philipinnes independence. America was in no way expanding into the Pacific. In fact, quite the opposite was going on.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by blankall

Dude...some of you people really need to learn some history. The Philippines was an American colony following the Spanish-American war, but just prior to WWII America had set up a plan to give the Philipinnes independence. America was in no way expanding into the Pacific. In fact, quite the opposite was going on.

I believe most know this, pretty much all except the drive-by shooter who seems to invent history.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by T@T

No poop

Wise acre