Soldiers who are forced to be recruited, middle-level officers who are violently waiting for troops, stupid senior officers who choose to be broken instead of fighting with the enemy, and generals who are loyal but suspicious and helpless. The broadcast of the last breath, independent operations without the support of the navy and air force, and the island-guarding army deceived by the government are both cruel and absurd.
The more frenetic, the more distorted. It would be too much to say that war distorts human nature. The perverted rule in Japan is the culprit. Whether it is wartime mobilization mechanism or thought control, it is ridiculous and terrible. The most terrifying existence is the fanatical regime that does everything possible to encourage soldiers to win wars.
The Japanese army is not a good class. Many Japanese soldiers in World War II were monsters. The country produced such monsters in batches in order to win the war. The brutality of the Japanese army during World War II cannot be washed away. Even though many soldiers were coerced into the war by militarism, this is not inconsistent with actively choosing to blur morality and lose humanity on the battlefield.
Mr. Dongmu let me see the contradictions and pains of some Japanese soldiers who were forcibly dragged into the war. It really made me feel sad for the family behind each such soldier. In fact, those who entered the Yasukuni Shrine were not necessarily loyal and skilled warriors of the Emperor, and some of them died in battle without understanding. After the war, the government also used the names of these people placed in the shrine for political purposes. During the war, these people were forced to become tools, and they were used as tools for secondary consumption when they died, which is ridiculous.
National interests are justice, even if aggression is a last resort. This is of course bandit logic. But for Japan at that time, the strong was justice, and they wanted to be strong, and the way to be strong was placed in the middle, and morality was placed on both sides. I was justice, and others were hell. This is their logic. When they want the world, by their logic, the world should make way for them.
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