In his book, dower reprints a cartoon from japanese cartoonists cato at sur o. In the foreground of one of these pieces of art, a human being whose hands had been tied behind his back, and then he has just had the bonds severed by a giant pair of scissors that is over his head. You get the idea that the scissors represent the united states. And now the outside powers, led by the united states in this case, have freed the japanese people and handed democracy back to them. I mean, it's interesting to contemplate, because a lot of societies evolve politically through bloodshed. How many countries get independence from other countries through bloodshed? Right?