The US does indeed stab in the back as a general geopolitical strategy, but what do you mean stab Japan in the back? The US was anti-Japanese from WWI-1949 , took a few years to re-calibrate during the Korean war, and has been pro-Japanese ever since, with some techno-Orientalist yellow peril overtones sprinkled in at various points, particularly in the '80s.
Stab in the back is still a bit strong for what was essentially capitalist one-upmanship, and in an era where every two bit manager was reading the Hagakure and applying dubiously historical maxims about samurai to business mergers.
Hindu Nat: "No you see, America has used and betrayed Japan and China, both pale skinned Asians. Never would America do anything to brown people like me."
Hindu Nationalists: The US isn't going to stab us in the back like japan!
The US: stabs them in the back like Japan
Hindu Nationalists: :surprised-pika:
The US does indeed stab in the back as a general geopolitical strategy, but what do you mean stab Japan in the back? The US was anti-Japanese from WWI-1949 , took a few years to re-calibrate during the Korean war, and has been pro-Japanese ever since, with some techno-Orientalist yellow peril overtones sprinkled in at various points, particularly in the '80s.
Plaza Accords
That would be the 80s yellow peril part.
Stab in the back is still a bit strong for what was essentially capitalist one-upmanship, and in an era where every two bit manager was reading the Hagakure and applying dubiously historical maxims about samurai to business mergers.
Hindu Nat: "No you see, America has used and betrayed Japan and China, both pale skinned Asians. Never would America do anything to brown people like me."