On 2018-12-13 11:51 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 3:08:57 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>>
>> 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 can't say what would have happened. The King of Hawaii and the
> Emperor of Japan were on very friendly terms. They were buddies -
> that was unheard of. The King made a promise to personally guarantee
> the safety of the Japanese that moved to Hawaii. The Royals of Hawaii
> were kind of odd that way; they wanted direct exposure to other
> cultures, new ideas, and modern technologies.
>
> The Hawaiians should have been more aware of American treatment of
> native culture and peoples in America. Their downfall was not being
> more wary of the Americans. They had faith in the American President
> and people to do the right thing and return Hawaiian sovereignty
> until the very end. It's quite a sad tale.
>
> Japan, to its credit, formally protested the American occupation
> every year until it was annexed by the United States.

The old emperor might have extended that olive live to the king of
Hawaii, but the Japanese occupiers in Korea and Mongolia were a lot less
cordial. Given the behaviour of expanding empires over the years, the
British and the Americans were relatively benevoant.