Omar: The 9/11 style of suicide attack, i.e. using
a plane as a bomb, is of course very similar to
Japanese camikaze tactics.
It probably would have been a violation of the
Bushido warrior code (which included the virtues
of truthfulness and politeness) for the "divine
wind special attack units" or "tokkÅtai" to strike
at civilians going to work.
The so-called Kamikaze struck at US naval vessels
approaching the Japanese islands. To kill office
workers, women, and children would perhaps have
been regarded as a cowardly and ignoble action,
unworthy of true warriors.
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