Wait, are you seriously saying that you needed somebody to tell you the basic reason any partisan group fights anywhere ever in order to understand (only one of) the facets of Japanese brutality? Or did you need somebody to say that "the Japanese had a harsh occupation policy" to see how monstrous the Japanese occupations were?THANK YOU!
that's all anyone had to say.
Wait, are you seriously saying that you needed somebody to tell you the basic reason any partisan group fights anywhere ever
in order to understand (only one of) the facets of Japanese brutality? Or did you need somebody to say that "the Japanese had a harsh occupation policy" to see how monstrous the Japanese occupations were?
If that is the case, then your joke fell extremely flat. Nowhere did I (or anybody else, it seems) pick up on your so-called "hippie joke."
I'm really going to hope that this is just another one of your poorly communicated "hippie jokes."
As for the HIPPIES---- Better the Hippies
---- than the Beatniks
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I always thought the Hippies gave rise to the Beatniks (either directly, or by paving the way for them)
is my head turning into The Onion? or is this how ironic reality is?
Nobody sane condemns anyone for being anti-fascist.
What's wrong with being anti-Communist?
The region would be more peaceful, after all.
The problem in OTL was that the military got power-hungry (and full of themselves from constant victories)...but lets assume cooler heads prevail.
Well, ask yourself, if Japan hadn't given up its control over all that land, what might we have avoided?
and how many others?
- Cambodian Genocide
- Vietnam War*
- Korean War
- Governmental problems (with Japan breathing down their necks, would anyone in the Philippines** or Indonesia do anything stupid?)
The Chinese Civil War?...well, its possible that, minus the US/Japan war, Japan might have convinced both sides to stop fighting. Though, ultimately, this might be the lone exception.
** = The Philippines may be forced into a "be Neutral or be ours" by this Japan, not wanting to invite American attacks for invading their ally.
* if it takes place, Vietnam might have been more Japan-vs-China than USSR-vs-US in who the backers are.
And with no Vietnam or Korean Wars, then there will be no hippies - and that can only be a good thing.