And untold millions died because of Japanese leaders&#x27; cautious stupidity. It seems like there are lessons to be learned here?  Let&#x27;s start with, whenever there are positions that are culturally unspeakable, you have a problem. Perhaps another is, whatever idiocy a foreign nation&#x27;s leaders are spouting, it&#x27;s a good bet nobody actually wants war (<i>cough cough Putin</i>)