s President Donald Trump announced, as of August 18, peace talks with Iran had terminated, it will be interesting to see if he pursues a necessary tact markedly different from how Japan surrendered at the end of World War II.
After the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, as far as its Emperor Hirohito was concerned, it was the final nail in the coffin of reality. It was he, and not the military, that sought an end to the war. Although his military pleaded with the emperor to fight on to the last man, he understood the high price of doing so. Despite the military’s “never surrender” mindset, its loyalty to the emperor took priority.
