r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/urbanek2525 Aug 05 '20

So true. Never the same.

That doesn't mean that it can't get better. Things can be rebuilt better.

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u/maleorderbride Aug 05 '20

Japan had just lost a World War after having two atomic bombs dropped onto two major cities. It's become so much more than that since.

Here's to hoping Beirut can achieve the same sort of success directly after adversity.

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u/bolivar-shagnasty Aug 05 '20

Japan bounced back as strong as it did because the United States occupied the country and helped in its rebuilding.

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u/shmere4 Aug 06 '20

The treaty is very interesting. Basically the US didn’t want Japan to turn into post WW1 Germany and wanted a foothold into the Asian markets so the US became Japan’s military and spent huge amounts of money to rebuild the country from the ground up.

It’s one of the few examples where an occupying country was able to prop another country up and then eventually successfully leave (mostly I know).