@viperwave there is a reason almost all japanese advertising related to them is basically either "look at the cool robot" or "hey remember when you had a crush on this character as a teen" and not any of the story moments
@souljagoyteller yeah once the us was committed enough to base air units in the country the deployment of ground troops to defend those bases was inevitable
@HeerJeet@souljagoyteller related to this i had a grandfather who served under him in europe who basically worshiped him and a great uncle who served under him in north africa who would go off on how much he hated him decades later. apparently this was a fairly typical theater divide for attitudes on him