Originally Posted by Fengzi
Gotta agree with Blue on this one Bong. I really can't believe that even you would you think the reason Japan is where it is today is because we nuked it. Japan is where it is today because they are smart little buggers. As a culture they place a high value on education and hard work (and some pretty feaky porn too, but that's another story). It was these traits that made them a major military power prior to WWII and the same traits that made them a major technological/economic power afterwards. I guarantee you, even if we nuke the shit out of the Middle East, 100 years from now they still will be far behind us.