How Long is Long Enough?

[ReluctantSamurai]

I don't associate the Germans with ww2, but a lot of older people still do, there are still some open wounds.

And as the number of people who were directly affected diminishes, what is the purpose of carrying the bitterness into the future? If the vets of the Iwo Jima battle, for instance, can set aside all the terrible things they did to each other on that piece of sulfur rock, why can't others?

The story about the unnamed Native American might make for a "politically correct" story, but it's rather pointless, no? Obviously, 330 million US citizens are not suddenly going to leave their homes because the pilgrims landed at Plymouth. I would venture that most nations now in existence, did so at the expense of someone else

So is it just a hidden political agenda to pursue when it comes to relations between China and Japan, or something else?