syrwong
12th July 2019, 18:25
Although it is said that history makes man witty, man actually never learns from history. Two clear examples of repetition in recent history are 1. Germany started the first world war, and it started the second world war. 2. Pearl Harbor brought US to a great war, and 911, the second Pearl Harbor bought it to the great war of anti-terrorism which is continuing and may lead to WW3.
A piece of history or a historic event typically involves an aggressor and a victim. Say, they are nations. It is correct that we can learn from history, but true learning is not by the third party, who has no emotional attachment to this history. True learning should be done by both the aggressor and the victim side. The victim may learn from the pain that they must make the nation strong, and not to suffer the same fate again. There may be many things to learn for a victim; sometimes the victim can emerge stronger and better than before, sometimes not. In actuality, it is more important for the aggressor to learn from history because by not realizing their mistakes they are almost certain to do it again. This is similar to the case of a serial killer.
More often than not, the aggressor does not learn. For one thing, they are usually stronger and gain from the aggression/conquest. This reinforces the greed to attack more victims. Even if they lose, because of the national character generated by years of feeling superior which cannot be easily changed, they may repeat the same act again. This is similar to the case of a rapist raping again after release from jail.
Without arguing too much about the hypothesis, I would like to argue that the main aggressors of WW2 may well play the same roles in the war to come (if there is one).
The two main aggressors, of course, are Germany and Japan. Both have not really repented for their actions. This is quite clear. Germany is better, some of their former chancellors have apologized for the war crimes done to the Jews and even at times to Russia (I think not the Soviet Union). Their apologies, however, are betrayed by their actions in NATO. Being the head of NATO, it is undeniable that they have advanced their military to the Russian border. This is for no rational reasons, certainly not to contain Iran. An apology not backed up by actions is no apology, or even worse, is a camouflage to calm the enemy. Japan is no better. They have not even apologized to China in any official occasions. They have at several times mentioned their “regret”, “sorrowfulness” or similar lesser words. Many words have been used but no apology. The denial of aggression to China is even more blatant in their history textbooks. Invasion is the word never used. Used instead is “entering China” after being provoked. There is also the denial of the Nanking massacre ever occurred. The recent redefining the role of the “Defense Corp” that allows interference outside Japan is very alarming.
At the moment black and white are inverted. The greatest victim nations of WW2, Russian and China are portrait as endangering world peace. Is history about to repeat itself? To avoid any catastrophic war to occur in the future, which will well end humanity, people of the world, in particular people of the aggressor nations should influence their governments to use their might to work for a peaceful future of the world.
It is said that the Nazis did not lose the world war. Germany started two great wars in Europe, now Germany is militarily strong again, could it start yet another one? Since the two Pearl Harbors started great wars so easily for US, could another false flag in the US start another great war for US? The peoples did not want war, but history does not flow with the wishes of the people when they are too passive and are not awaken to the lessons of history.
A piece of history or a historic event typically involves an aggressor and a victim. Say, they are nations. It is correct that we can learn from history, but true learning is not by the third party, who has no emotional attachment to this history. True learning should be done by both the aggressor and the victim side. The victim may learn from the pain that they must make the nation strong, and not to suffer the same fate again. There may be many things to learn for a victim; sometimes the victim can emerge stronger and better than before, sometimes not. In actuality, it is more important for the aggressor to learn from history because by not realizing their mistakes they are almost certain to do it again. This is similar to the case of a serial killer.
More often than not, the aggressor does not learn. For one thing, they are usually stronger and gain from the aggression/conquest. This reinforces the greed to attack more victims. Even if they lose, because of the national character generated by years of feeling superior which cannot be easily changed, they may repeat the same act again. This is similar to the case of a rapist raping again after release from jail.
Without arguing too much about the hypothesis, I would like to argue that the main aggressors of WW2 may well play the same roles in the war to come (if there is one).
The two main aggressors, of course, are Germany and Japan. Both have not really repented for their actions. This is quite clear. Germany is better, some of their former chancellors have apologized for the war crimes done to the Jews and even at times to Russia (I think not the Soviet Union). Their apologies, however, are betrayed by their actions in NATO. Being the head of NATO, it is undeniable that they have advanced their military to the Russian border. This is for no rational reasons, certainly not to contain Iran. An apology not backed up by actions is no apology, or even worse, is a camouflage to calm the enemy. Japan is no better. They have not even apologized to China in any official occasions. They have at several times mentioned their “regret”, “sorrowfulness” or similar lesser words. Many words have been used but no apology. The denial of aggression to China is even more blatant in their history textbooks. Invasion is the word never used. Used instead is “entering China” after being provoked. There is also the denial of the Nanking massacre ever occurred. The recent redefining the role of the “Defense Corp” that allows interference outside Japan is very alarming.
At the moment black and white are inverted. The greatest victim nations of WW2, Russian and China are portrait as endangering world peace. Is history about to repeat itself? To avoid any catastrophic war to occur in the future, which will well end humanity, people of the world, in particular people of the aggressor nations should influence their governments to use their might to work for a peaceful future of the world.
It is said that the Nazis did not lose the world war. Germany started two great wars in Europe, now Germany is militarily strong again, could it start yet another one? Since the two Pearl Harbors started great wars so easily for US, could another false flag in the US start another great war for US? The peoples did not want war, but history does not flow with the wishes of the people when they are too passive and are not awaken to the lessons of history.