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Japan’s “great ally”, USA, used to boil flesh off of Japanese skulls and send them home as war trophies and gifts to their sweeties back home. (rarehistoricalphotos.com)
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[–] nick@midwest.social 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, turns out war is pretty fucked up. Look up the rape of nanjing. Or Pearl Harbor. Or Hiroshima.

You get the idea.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And Japanese cannibalism of executed POW's, and Ishii's biological warefare unit. War is Hell.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

The US was the model for biological testing and eugenics, that's not why they fought japan, nor was it even one of the stated reasons at the time.

[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Liberals and the irresistible urge to compare yourself to literal Nazis

[–] nick@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not really sure what you mean here. Is that what I’m doing in your estimation?