If you've a facebook account, odds are likely at some point in the last two weeks, you've seen Japan mentioned in that status of another. Usually followed by something extremely ignorant such as "Did Japan send aid after Katrina?" or "This makes up for Pearl Habor". Though to both, Japan did send aid after Katrina numbering in the millions of dollars as for the Pearl Habor comment, we did send that country a little present we Americans with affection dubbed Fat Man and Little Boy. A little something that by modern standards would be considered a war crime but still, its ok were Americans.
Lets take a look at the facts, the Japanese and American economies were very much intertwined, not to mention American military assets in and around Japan. Then after near nothing, one of the biggest economies in the world destroyed, this was the fall of a world leader, not a third world country that so dominates the news. People died by the thousands, left without food, water, shelter, pending further disaster based on what happens at a few nuclear plants, and some people have the audicity to demean the pitance we as Americans offer Japan in their time of apocalypse.
But hey, its cool right? At least we got to drop bombs on Ghadaffi.
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