The US forces would have to invade the island of Japan. ... The Japanese government had also been equipping the commoners with any kind of weapon they could get their hands on. ... The reason they were going to fight with spears was, the government just didn't have the resources needed to give anyone a gun. ... There was no way to predict when the Japanese would surrender to the US. ... If the US didn't drop the bomb the Japanese would have kept fighting. ...

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Wasteful Government Spending Who doesn't like pork? ... Is this Government spending warranted or is this just more pork? ... Amazingly, these numbers could be worse; the same study claimed that a whopping 75% of Japanese respondents considered politicians corrupt and another 63% (almost double that of the United States) mistrust the government (Etc 29). ... The Citizens Against Government Waste agree. ... "Just When the Right Thought Big Government Was History..." ...

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To aid the recovery of Bangladesh from the cyclone, the U.S government sent more than an astounding $7.2 million dollars to the Bangladesh government in the form of food, medicine, and military efforts (Berke). ... As an example, in the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the U.S government "sent 20,000 troops, 140 aircraft and at least 20 ships in support of Operation Tomodachi," which was the name given to the U.S's plan to rebuild Japan (Ruch). ... The fact that a natural disaster that occurred in a completely different continent had aftereffects in the U.S provoked the government ...

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The United States government does not exist in a vacuum. For the U.S. to flourish, it is critical for the government to form strong international partnerships. The Visa Waiver program is one way the government is attempting to do just that. ... Then, in March, the Hungarian, Slovakian, and Lithuanian governments signed MOUs (memoranda of understand) committing the U.S. government to help them qualify for the waiver program. ... Primarily, those granted the visa-free travel have come from other affluent countries such as Japan and Australia. ...

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In an attempt to suppress Japan, Roosevelt ordered oil supplies to Japan to be cut off. ... This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... Japan thought of a strategy to down America. ... Japan incurred the major loss until she had the Japanese army and the Kamikaze as their only defence. ...

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FDR points fingers full of fear at the Japanese Americans in the US. ... On February 19, 1942 Roosevelt had signed Executive order 9066 which forcibly relocated Japanese Americans due to the fear of aiding the Japanese in World War II. ... People may say that Japanese Internment helped us win the war. ... " which shows Japanese Americans picking up a bar of TNT waiting for Japan to signal to fire it off in the United States. ... They should which is why Japanese Internment in America violates the Bill of Rights which first amendment states: Congress shall make no law respecting an estab...

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Basically, the only ones who were profiting from the war were the businessmen and the government. ... (Zinn, 410) Zinn also points out that Pearl Harbor was "not really sudden or shocking to the American government." ... (Zinn, 411) China provided the U.S. with tin and rubber, and when Japan started to move into China America felt threatened. (Zinn, 410) As a result, the United States cut off Japan's supply of its resources, iron and oil, aware that "these measures were a clear and potent threat to Japan's very existence." ... In WWI, the public fought for something only the gove...

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To understand this we must look at both the people and government's point of view. ... American military Aviation in 1938 was able to produce only 1,800, 300 less than Germany, and 1,400 less than Japan. ... After all let us not forget that the American government is there for the people and that meant that the people's view did play a major role in the declaration of the Neutrality. ... Japan relied on fuel oil and scrap iron until 1941. ... This also led Japan to confront the United States in 1941. ...

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He took on JP Morgan and other "big trust" companies; Roosevelt was considered a trustbuster in response to public pressure for greater government intervention into businesses, he passed the Hepburn Act. This Act says that railroads can only charge the amount that is set by the government and allowed the government to inspect financial records. ... This act says that all foods and drugs had to be tested and approved by government officials before they went onto the market. ... He showed his strength when he sent battleships to visit Japan in a muscle-flexing display of sea power. ... Another ...

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"A democracy is a government by the people. ... The strengths and weaknesses of each system of government will be discussed. ... Parliamentary governments originated in Great Britain in the 18th century. It is a form of government that is widely found today in countries such as Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan and Great Britain (UK). ... The Presidential system of government in the USA originated in the 1780's and is still the most widely used form of government in the world. ...

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I admit that our government is not as strong or as powerful as it should be, having that as a well known fact, why do they push this upon us. ... Do they care nothing of our own government? ... The reason why they are being relocated was on account of their own offensively disgusting, and atrocious actions towards the people of Japan. Have they raped enough women over in Okinawa, Japan that they strongly agreed and decided to bring that monstrosity to Guam? ... From what I heard Hilary Clinton has signed the papers mobilizing the relocation of the U.S Military in Okinawa, Japan. ...

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Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. Finally, the government finished their investigations, revealing no signs of wrongdoing. ... Next, he issued the Potsdam Declaration to Japan, looking for their surrender in exchange. When Japan refused, Truman authorized the drop of the bomb on Hiroshima, then Nagasaki. Japan's casualties were immense and they had no choice but to surrender. ...

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The focus of the United States policies in the Far East was to prevent Japan, which was a dominant force in the far east, from invading the Philippines. ... Roosevelt mediated the conflicts between Russia and Japan to put an end to their war. The United States negotiated an agreement that recognized Japan's dominance over Korea in return for its promise not to invade the Philippines. 2. ... The policy stated that to win American recognition, they must not only exercise power but reflect "a just government based upon law, not upon arbitrary or irregular force." ...

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The American people were unable to help themselves so they turned to the government. ... The new deal included the creation of many new government agencies one of the most famous was social security. ... It wasn't until the empire of Japan maliciously raided and attacked the United States that president Roosevelt felt we had to retaliate. Immediately following the Japanese attack on December 7th 1941 president Roosevelt asked the congress to declare a state of war....

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Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt moved ahead with the dual policy of building up U.S. defenses while giving assistance to those countries resisting the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to transfer to victims of aggression, as much military equipment, clothing, and food as could be produced in the United States and acquired by the government. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the defeat of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... During and after the mid 60's a distrust in the American ...

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The forefathers chose a mixed government that represented three existing forms of government: a monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. ... Truman authorized dropping an atomic bomb on Japan. ... I believe that there exists no other government like our own that has succeeded as well as ours has. ... This makes complete sense because if each branch of the government were to be set on an equal ground there may be a struggle for power and control. This way each department is responsible for the well being of one another in reinforcing each other's roles in being a government for the people....

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He gained national exposure in his second term as the chairman of the Senate Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program and his opposition to corruption in government operations, while remaining loyal to Roosevelt. ... Some of the tasks included the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and approving the surrender of the Japanese government. ...

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The government decides whether or not a country should be sanctioned and decides whether or not to stop a sanction. The United States government currently has 26 sanctions covering target countries and this accounts for half the world's population. ... Other countries such as Canada, Japan and Western Europe may not have a problem with the sanctioned country or they may have trade relations they don't want to disrupt. ... In Conclusion, the United States Government has to remember a couple ideas when it issues sanctions. ... Another idea is that we should target leaders or gove...

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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and other senior administrative officials addressing international concerns over the impact of a partial government shutdown (Gangopadhyay & Ng, 2013). The key questions that the author is addressing are why President Obama think foreign investors are willing to invest when they know United States government is experiencing a shutdown while exemplifying such arrogance on their part. ... Also, China and Japan, the two largest foreign creditors of the United States, are growing increasingly worried over the potential economic and political fallout if American ...

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Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. He secretly agreed to Japanese control of Korea; in return the Japanese promised to keep their hands off China, Hawaii, and the Philippines. ... The Hepburn Act gave the government power to set freight rates. ...

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Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. He secretly agreed to Japanese control of Korea; in return the Japanese promised to keep their hands off China, Hawaii, and the Philippines. ... The Hepburn Act gave the government power to set freight rates. ...

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Truman is the president who gave the order to drop the two nuclear bombs on Japan stating, "They never would have surrendered otherwise" (pg162)." The most disturbing statement in the whole book was when Truman said, "he never had any second thoughts about authorizing the use of nuclear weapons against the Japanese" (pg162), " but I guess it could be a matter of perspective but I would like to believe that it was a long thought out process that was painstaking to make. ... Landry said the president told him "the collection and evaluation of UFO data warranted more intense study and attention...

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When President Truman declared that America and other United Nations countries would support South Korea on June 27 19501 American occupational forces stationed in Japan were the first units to be sent over. ... MacArthur had a saying when he was asked how far he would go in fighting the Japanese, he replied by saying that there was "no substitute for victory"6 President Truman seemed to have changed his mind about what that meant, to him a more limited, politically sensitive campaign was the only acceptable one. ... The dismissal of MacArthur seemed to be symbolic to the changing attitudes in...

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His skills led negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05. He also reached an agreement with Japan that traded allowed U.S. presence in the Philippines. ... The workers loved him but the government did not. ...

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Their conviction that they were not equals with the United States in the Union was strengthened when the American government directly interfered with a revolution in Chile in 1891 and a trade dispute in Brazil in 1893. ... The company, which also had large interests in Cuba and Colombia, came to exert great influence upon the policies of the American government towards the so-called "banana republics" in Latin America. ... Perry opened Japan to American trade in 1853, American businessmen had taken an increasing interest in the commerce of the Pacific. ... But in 1889 the Germans, who also ...

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