At the risk of sounding political, history dulls through time, that's inevitable. For example, the US Civil War wasn't
only about slavery, but the ages have dulled the true origins of that conflict down to a single issue. Many Americans also think the sinking of the Lusitania was the reason we got into WW1. It wasn't. Most people couldn't tell you why the war of 1812 was fought at all.
It's just a matter of time before WW2 is largely forgotten. It won't be our generation and probably not the next one. But it's inevitable.
The frightening thing is how
Japan views the history of the war, now. A friend taught English in a Japanese school many years ago and she quit in disgust when she learned how the history of WW2 was being taught there. It won’t likely surprise any of you to know this is the same guy who, just days before this, said, “We must never forget Hiroshima”:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32410001 I’m sick to death about all the ‘Oh woe is us' nonsense out of Japan. I do have some respect for Germany admitting their evils and not rolling in a victim culture for how the Allies responded to their intentions during WW2. Can you imagine what people from China and most of Southeast Asia who recall WW2 must feel about all this?
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