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<blockquote data-quote="TexasSportsman" data-source="post: 2970347" data-attributes="member: 115081"><p>As time goes on fewer and fewer will recognize Dec 7th or that day in 1939 when the nazis invaded Poland. For those who fought the wars they will have much commentary.</p><p></p><p>However those old American, Japanese and German soldiers who were bitter enemies have reconciled and become friends. Likewise with Vietnamese communist. There are enough videos out there that shows American soldiers meeting Japanese and Germans nearly all of them can barely walk, some in wheelchairs. They meet, cry, hug each other as those old harsh feelings needed somewhere to go.</p><p></p><p>I watch a video of an American soldier who fought in the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. He liberated a Japanese flag, photos and other mementos. Years later he wanted to give them back to the family of the dead Japanese soldier. There is an organization that helps this process. When the old soldier met the family to whom the flag and photos belong to they both began to weep. I too had a tear streaming down my face. Why? The pain and strong emotion the American carried with him from those days in the Pacific. He lost buddies as the the surviving Japanese soldiers. </p><p></p><p>Those reunions are necessary part of the healing process. Countries just happen to have ******* governments to take its people to war while they sit in relative comfort back home while the respective militaries make the sacrifices. They're no different an us. They want to raise families, live as comfortable lives as possible with little distraction along the way. </p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]AxIrRKdsIwU[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]_ik84M0ay34[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]X2JHgZLNuPw[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>What we should eventually learn is to try to find common ground before wars break out. Before one shoots the other. My nephew made three tours total, Iraq and Afghanistan. He returned a broken man and still deals with things he saw that he wished he never did. You cannot unsee something ghastly any more than you can unring a bell. </p><p></p><p>Everyone will continue to recognize Pearl Harbor as we will remember 9/11, Gulf of Tonkin, USS Maine, and Fort Sumter in their own way. Not to rehash anger or hate but to peacefully reflect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasSportsman, post: 2970347, member: 115081"] As time goes on fewer and fewer will recognize Dec 7th or that day in 1939 when the nazis invaded Poland. For those who fought the wars they will have much commentary. However those old American, Japanese and German soldiers who were bitter enemies have reconciled and become friends. Likewise with Vietnamese communist. There are enough videos out there that shows American soldiers meeting Japanese and Germans nearly all of them can barely walk, some in wheelchairs. They meet, cry, hug each other as those old harsh feelings needed somewhere to go. I watch a video of an American soldier who fought in the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. He liberated a Japanese flag, photos and other mementos. Years later he wanted to give them back to the family of the dead Japanese soldier. There is an organization that helps this process. When the old soldier met the family to whom the flag and photos belong to they both began to weep. I too had a tear streaming down my face. Why? The pain and strong emotion the American carried with him from those days in the Pacific. He lost buddies as the the surviving Japanese soldiers. Those reunions are necessary part of the healing process. Countries just happen to have ******* governments to take its people to war while they sit in relative comfort back home while the respective militaries make the sacrifices. They're no different an us. They want to raise families, live as comfortable lives as possible with little distraction along the way. [MEDIA=youtube]AxIrRKdsIwU[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]_ik84M0ay34[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]X2JHgZLNuPw[/MEDIA] What we should eventually learn is to try to find common ground before wars break out. Before one shoots the other. My nephew made three tours total, Iraq and Afghanistan. He returned a broken man and still deals with things he saw that he wished he never did. You cannot unsee something ghastly any more than you can unring a bell. Everyone will continue to recognize Pearl Harbor as we will remember 9/11, Gulf of Tonkin, USS Maine, and Fort Sumter in their own way. Not to rehash anger or hate but to peacefully reflect. [/QUOTE]
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