I keep thinking of both the average japanese person, who may or may not have wanted to die for the emperor. Are they looking forward to actually taking up arms with their their women and children? Something tells me there going to be a lot of regular japanese folks who would see that as a failure of government. And once again, there are going to be people who say, well, then they shouldn't have started the war. They souldn't have mistreated all the populations they dealt with so much. But let's remember that if the japan s are going to die, because they're going to have to be rooted out of all these buildings, somebody's
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.