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Quote by: Logjam We have pulled out of much of Okinawa. I don't think that we have a plan to pull out of Japan. The Japanese want us there to beef up their defense.
As for the people who don't like us presenting themselves to us, well that may be correct in part. But many of us met Japanese in stores, on the trains and in the public baths. They did not make an effort to come up to us, we were just together, and we got along just fine.
I'll tell you though who is genuinely hated in South East Asia; it's the Japanese. The Philippinos and Koreans absolutely hate them. They haven't forgotten. At the end of WWII the Japanese expected us to behave to them as they had behaved to the Chinese. They were shocked when we treated them with understanding and affection.
We are a good, kind, and understanding people you see; and we are better than most. |
I will agree with you on that :) I will never claim that Americans are evil. Just that occupation forces in general are not really liked because they are... erh... occupation forces...