WTF is wrong with this country?

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Yep, but those actions still did not stop the Japanese from similarly renouncing their own aggressive past.

They had a a group in charge who had the flawed hope that inflicting enough damage on the US would give them leverage in negotiations. Make the US bleed enough that there would be a push to stop the war. With the War in Europe over that is.

To accomplish this end they were more the willing to sacrifice their population....to the last man woman and child!

Scary what humans are capable of!