College kid's understanding of why Pacific War

[KestrelBike]

Friday my roommates invited some friends to our apartment. Somehow they had a conversation about the Pacific War. One of the friends said this:"I think the Japanese had a good reason to bomb Pear Harbor, because we dropped a Atomic Bomb on them as field testing."

Should I say more.......

No F'in way... am I the only one who finds this deeply troubling and not at all funny? No offense to the OP as he's just telling the story, but if that's what kids these days know of history... we are truly f'ed

[Kraven251]

History will repeat itself. We are circling the drain on that one, and have been long overdue unfortunately, consider this mentality continued priming of the pump.

[Madeinhb]

They really have it all wrong, after Lincoln freed the Hawaiians they revolted at the battle of Pearl Harbor, where they poured the Tea into the bay. Japan only got involved because when they found out about all the tea going to waste they planned Operation Desert Storm to oust Ho Chi Min from the North of Nam to the South. The Bomb was dropped on Tokyo to distract us from the Nazi's invading Iraq for oil. The bomb was nearly disarmed by Capt. McGyver but since the paper clip was not until 1899 they still managed to drop it from the Spruce Goose.
we only got involved in the war when we heard that Weapons Of Mass Destruction were being stored in Berlin.
Kids these days. What the hell are they teaching them nowadays?

Hahaha this is awesome.

[HoneyBadger]

They really have it all wrong, after Lincoln freed the Hawaiians they revolted at the battle of Pearl Harbor, where they poured the Tea into the bay. Japan only got involved because when they found out about all the tea going to waste they planned Operation Desert Storm to oust Ho Chi Min from the North of Nam to the South. The Bomb was dropped on Tokyo to distract us from the Nazi's invading Iraq for oil. The bomb was nearly disarmed by Capt. McGyver but since the paper clip was not until 1899 they still managed to drop it from the Spruce Goose.
we only got involved in the war when we heard that Weapons Of Mass Destruction were being stored in Berlin.
Kids these days. What the hell are they teaching them nowadays?

HFS. My brain literally hurts.

[Bailey Guns]

Claire Lee Chennault's(陈纳德) squad are called "飞虎(Flying Tigers)", they used P-48s with a shark face painted on them. It very well thought out of him to translate his name to Chinese but still sound like the English. Unfortunately this part of history is not been taught in China much anymore, history is written by the victorer, and the Communist won.

Except is was the P-40 Warhawk.

[UrbanWolf]

Except is was the P-40 Warhawk.

Lol, i'm not that into warplanes.

[Mazin]

Those who don't learn History are bound to repeat it. I have a book on US Military History I would gladly donate.

[Mazin]

They really have it all wrong, after Lincoln freed the Hawaiians they revolted at the battle of Pearl Harbor, where they poured the Tea into the bay. Japan only got involved because when they found out about all the tea going to waste they planned Operation Desert Storm to oust Ho Chi Min from the North of Nam to the South. The Bomb was dropped on Tokyo to distract us from the Nazi's invading Iraq for oil. The bomb was nearly disarmed by Capt. McGyver but since the paper clip was not until 1899 they still managed to drop it from the Spruce Goose.
we only got involved in the war when we heard that Weapons Of Mass Destruction were being stored in Berlin.
Kids these days. What the hell are they teaching them nowadays?

[motohooligan]

When I was in Japan I went to the Tokyo Museum. Their WWII display made the Americans the aggressor and they were innocent people who were attacked and had no choice but to fight back.

I lived outside of Tokyo for 3 years. I went to the Atomic Bomb Museum in Hiroshima several times when family and friends came to visit. I actually thought they were very open and pretty impartial there. I never saw a WWII exhibit in Tokyo, so I can't compare. WWII was a very humbling experience for Japan. If I could take my guns with me, I would be perfectly content living there the rest of my life.

[tim123]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vtWB4owdE