Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: alien42
no one is launching a nuke that close to home.
No one would strap bombs to their body and blow up schoolkids either.
When you think you'll be eternally rewarded for sending people to hell, your life on earth doesn't count for much.
Japanese suicide pilots didn't lead their nation to become suicidal.
Japanese military leaders didn't put their headquarters in the temples and schools of their country.
There's a big difference between fighting for a secular/nationalistic cause and a religious cause.
Japan soil weren't threaten at that time therefore they didn't have the need to hide their weapons or military bases. Unlike Hamas, they do not have the strength nor the space to face their enemies mano-a-mano, and today guerrilla warfare is the only way that people fight since the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam War also had suicide bombers, and the VC hide in Buddhist temples, weapon catches in temples, and also hide behind women & children. Hence, the hunt & killing of Buddhist monks by the Roman Catholic government, and GI anguish of lack of fair play.
The Japanese & Vietnamese didn't aspired to become nut case and total assured destructor.
IMHO, the Muslim & Jew will live in relative harmony once their hawkish governments are kick out of office, and the Israelis return the land to their appropriate owners.