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True that there is no more loyal ally than Japan aside from perhaps Canada. Kind of miraculous that that happened, honestly, considering that the phase of our r
by xp84 3y ago
True that there is no more loyal ally than Japan aside from perhaps Canada. Kind of miraculous that that happened, honestly, considering that the phase of our relationship immediately before this was "fighting to the death" followed by "atomic bomb dropping" -- but I'm grateful that somehow it has come to be an enduring friendship both politically and really culturally as well.
- vasco 3y agoI mean, the US did a huge occupation and education campaign which depending on how you categorize "force someone to keep your army within their borders" could even be seen as them not actually being sovereign. People are fast to forget that part the same way they forget Poland was only liberated truly in 1989, it's not such a good story when you include those parts.