Matthew Gaw 2 days ago

There are a lot of things about these types of European-perspective-of-Americans videos that I have problems with (they are essentially convenient ways to ignore their own domestic/EU issues) but let's focus on one aspect here. BTW, I have been working in the EU for over 8/9 years and lived in Germany for 6 years.

I hate this out-of-context attitude towards the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because it shows a glaring lack of historical knowledge and also lack of contextual decision making. What was at stake in 1945 before the proposed invasion of Japan? How many American and Japanese lives would've been lost and had been lost at this point? What led to these difficult choices? It's already hugely racist to consider that WWII was just the European theater.

Why are all the detractors of the US bombing of Japan not considering the feelings or strife of those affected by the genocidal maniacs of Imperial Japan? I doubt they know the internal machinations of the Japanese government at the time, the interactions between the Imperial Army + Navy + the administration of Japan (especially in the lead up to the end). What do they say about the fall of Singapore, the Manila massacre, the Rape of Nanjing, the comfort women, or all the other atrocities committed? Japan doesn't even properly educate its people on the full scope of WWII, unlike the Germans. This whole talking point against the American use of the A-bomb on Japan is simply mired in ignorance and racism.