>He apparently had been brought up receiving an education > in post-war Japan controlled by the Americans -- whose > natural gift for hyperbole and patting on their own >backs are so infamous.
No, it is not about the American way of education. It is about logic and common sense. You say that 35 million Chinese were killed by the Imperial Army. Putting aside the validity of the figure for the time being, from that figure, anyone with logical mind could safely draw a conclusion that the Chinese must have been by far the weakest and the least effective people in terms of protecting themselves and defending their country back then. How could you be proud of that? How in the world could you conclude that the weakest and the least effective people were the main engine of defeating anything? The people who were unable to save themselves saved the world? What kind of logic is that? I don't understand.