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When it comes to War, EVERY nation has, and is committing cruel acts, either to indviduals with torture ( the recent events at Guantanamo bay demonstrate this ) or to selected communities, this has been the case in the past and is the case in the present, fo example in recent times in Yugoslavia and at the present time in Israel and elsewhere.
And when, in modern times, such acts are carried out and neutral nations stand by without taking any action, other than having so called Peace talks, do they not share in the blame?
If you saw a helpless person being set upon by thugs and it was within your powwer to help but you turned away, would you not be accountable in some way yourself? If not legally morally?
I take no sides when it comes to killing and torture, what the Japanese did was cruel and severe, but lets not kid ourselves here, cruel and severe acts have been committed by every nation, not only in the past but also in the present, as such in my opinion everyone that takes part in such things are accountable for their actions, but accountable to who?
To single out one nation for their atrocities while downplaying or ignoring the cruel behaviour of others seems to me to be a case of tunnel vision, now I am not saying people here in this thread are like this, these comments that I am making are just my thoughts in general, not specific to anyone here.
Also should one generation be held accountable for the acts of the previous generation?
Of course not.
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