Japan is a strange situation.
The Japanese love us. They consider Americans as their saviors in some respects.
I don't expect that many other cultures would have the same reaction to our nuking their cities.
The Japanese have always been impressed with the generosity of Americans. I remember hearing the Japanese ambassador speak at BYU. He said that Hideo Nomo had done more to improve Japanese-American relations than anything else in recent history. The reason being that Americans had embraced Nomo, and had selected him as the starting pitcher in the All-Star game. The Japanese realized that they would not have done the same, and this impressed them.
For all of our faults, we Americans are a generous people. We are the shining city on the hill. Let's act the part.
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