On Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 8:24:42 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > I'm not so sure that would have happened. Hawaii had a pretty good relationship with Japan which recognized the Kingdom of Hawaii as an independent country. You can believe that Japan would have taken over Hawaii but the reality is that Hawaii was not stolen by the Japanese. Your fantasy is totally self-serving.
>
> Given the chance, I have no doubt the Japanese would have stolen
> Hawaii. Look at history in the early years of the war...they
> invaded eastern China and treated those people like crap. At the
> time, they were just as evil as the Nazis.
>
> Hitler's big mistake was turning on his Russian allies. Japan's
> big mistake was turning on the American Navy based in Hawaii and
> awakening a sleeping giant.
>
> Ted Nugent: "The Japanese turned on us and we melted them!"
> Note: that's no hearsay. He played a concert right here in
> Virginia Beach on a beach stage one year and I was right up front
> in the crowd when he said that. That even shocked me. Figured the
> city would never invite HIM back again for a concert and so
> far....no more Ted Nugent concerts. LOL

Nugent's a dickhead. Agree about Hitler. He should not have attacked CCCP.. But I don't think that he considered that regime to be a true ally. The Soviets bled profusely during that war. Like the saying goes: 'America supplied the money, and the Soviets supplied the blood'.