Dean,

There was a really interesting program on Discovery this last weekend about Emperor Hirihito (sp?) and the war. The number they stated was that millions of Chinese were killed by the Japanese. It was frightening the propoganda that was used to convince the Japanese soldiers to do the horrible things they did in the land they occupied.

>I rarely chime in anymore because I've moved on to "better things". But I read this post and had to give my 2 cents were. As an Asian American (I was adopted my Korean name is Tae Ym Chu), I've seen photos of what the Japaness at the time were doing to the people they conquered, from my grandfather and other people in my family who lived through the Japaness maddness. It did matter to them who they were or that their victims have sons and daughter and father or mothers, many of them who were force to watch their own loved one being tortured and put to death in the worst way. My biological grandfather lost his arm and one of his eyes because of the Japaness, and he was one of the lucky ones to have survied.
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>Ever check a Japaness history book? Not a word about their role in WWII anywhere.
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>And yes, I realize that the Japaness weren't the only's commiting atrosities, but they and the NAZIs turned it into an art.
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>Yeah, war is hell but I'm glad the good guys won.