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Originally posted by freeadultcontent
Theking at times I agree with you 
With Japan though that is a different scenerio all together. Japan was feudal controlled by an emperor. The culture of the Japanese people also was much different than that of the Muslims. So much so that it can not even be compared.
We as a people can comprehend the idea of kings and such, it makes sense to us. We know this culture from early on as children as we are read fairy tales, or even study why we became our own country.
Also at that time we had a different sort of men running the Government, these men did not go by polls, they just lead the people. They asked us for sacrifices to help the war efforts and they were not worried about the next election.
Yes we kicked ass with superior fire power, but that is not what won that war, what won that war was our leaders, our generals, and our troops. Then we did not just stop when we knew we had won, we showed them they had lost in a way they could understand. We had their leader come abord our ship and sign documents showing he had lost.
Except for the way we treated the Japanese living here (which we should have learned from) it was a text book example of how to deal with such a clash of civilizations. We did not send in troops to treat all Japanese people as hostile forces, we showed compassion and we followed through from the initial attacks to maintaining civil order.
With the Muslims, sheer force will not cut it, and our leaders are not of the same caliber as those that handled the Japanese.
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You are free to described the culture of Japan in anyway you choose, but it does not alter the fact that their culture and "religion/religions"...they viewed the Emperor as being a living "GOD"...and their fanatsism was as foriegn to us as the Mid East is.
We decided to wage "total war" with little thought to loss of life, civilian, or other wise, and demanded an unconditional surrender.
Force is a solution when applied properly...but todays leaders...I think...do not have the stomach for it...and probably not the American people per se. If the US does not get serious and take control of the situation (get tough measures...including taking down dissident leaders and be willing to take life) then...I think...ultimately the mission in Iraq will fail. In other words stop pussy footing around.