🧵We teach Auschwitz. Say "Never Again." But evil didn’t die in Berlin—it thrived from Tokyo. Unit 731 did live dissections, plague bombs, rape+vivisection. Its leader got U.S. immunity. Justice buried. Same pattern today: evil ignored if it serves. “Never again” was always a lie
While Hitler industrialized genocide in Europe, Japan did the same in Asia. Unit 731 was its Auschwitz—led by Dr. Shirō Ishii, Japan’s Mengele. Bio-warfare, torture, live dissections. No justice. No trials. Just U.S. immunity. Still no accountability. Still buried.
Unit 731 didn’t test on animals—they used men, women, kids. Victims were frozen, dissected alive, pregnant women raped then cut open. Plague bombs hit Chinese cities. Ishii even planned a bio-blitz on the U.S. This horror was state-run—backed by Japan’s top brass & emperor
Unit 731 dropped plague bombs on Chinese cities. Ishii dreamed of hitting the U.S. West Coast. This wasn’t rogue—it was state policy, backed by Japan’s top brass & the emperor. And Ishii? He didn’t hang at Tokyo Trials. He cut a deal. War crimes traded for Cold War data.
After Japan’s surrender, the U.S. gave Ishii + Unit 731 immunity—for data gained through torture + death. Cold War priorities > justice. Some scientists went to the U.S., others stayed in Japan’s medical system. Like Nazi Paperclip—war crimes were filed, not punished.
Unit 731’s horror didn’t stop in Japan. Its legacy lived on in CIA ops like MK-Ultra. US infected Guatemalans w/ syphilis, used biowarfare in Cuba. Ishii’s methods became Cold War tools. Torture, infection, psych ops—if used vs. communism, they weren’t crimes. They were strategy.
Unit 731 wasn’t just horror—it’s a blueprint. Govts justify evil for “security.” Japan’s empire was as savage as the Nazis. The US chose power over justice—shielding Ishii & importing fascism.
The logic lives on. We ignore jihadist, Iran’s repression, China’s concentration camps, Nicaragua’s purge—for oil, trade, power. Slavery, torture, organ harvest—overlooked. We partner w/ tyrants, punish truth-& condemn those who resist.
We continue making deals with torturers, theocrats & tyrants. The ideology changed—but the bargain remains: We’ll ignore your evil, if you are useful to us.
The same moral failure that let Ishii live & imported them & Nazis into our societies echoes today
We can’t name evil because it wears a different face—or serves our interests—“never again” was always a lie.
History didn’t end in Berlin. It happened also in Tokyo. And it’s repeating today.
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