>No, Japan wanted him to have soverign power. After the war,
>he was only a figurehead.

It matters not simply
because the U.S. allowed
a war criminal to retain
his thrown.

>So lemme get this straight...the way we ended the war was
>superfluous and unnecessary but keeping the war going in
>order for a fake god to save face isn't?

There wasn't a need to
continue fighting a
defeated enemy. Refer
to Truman's top advisors
in my preceeding posts.