On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:10:06 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-12-12 11:47 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 5:40:19 PM UTC-10, Leonard
>> Blaisdell wrote:
>>> In article
>>> >, dsi1
>>> <dsi1> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You got that right sista! The native Hawaiians dream of
>>>> sovereignty. You can use their song if you like.
>>>
>>> I would love to give you back to the Great Pacific. I fear that
>>> sovereignty wouldn't last long. Greedy eyes to the west of you
>>> would soon take care of that. It is unfortunate that your islands
>>> are about as strategic as land gets.
>>>
>>> leo
>>
>> It is a question to ponder - what would have happened if Hawaii had
>> not be stolen from the people. My guess is that we would have been a
>> neutral country during WWII. The US would have fought only in the
>> European theater, the allies would have prevailed and Japan would
>> control a big chunk of Asia. You could say that the overthrow of
>> Hawaii stopped Japanese expansionism. Or maybe not.
>
>There is a good chance that it would have been colonized by another
>country. While it would not have been American territory at the start
>of WWII the attack on Pearl Harbor was part of a plane that saw the
>Japanese sweep across the Pacific. They likely would have taken Hawaii
>and the US, having no strong base in the Pacific, might not have had the
>means to fight them. While the experience with Americans was not great,
>the Japanese treated the people of conquered lands much worse.
>
>
I was witness to the nasty treatment of the Japanese by Occupational
Forces from the USA immediately after WWII.