Discharging a Debt

according to Cose, official investigations, apology, and restitution are important to the victims of great historical injustices because in order to grow as a country, we need to take responsibility for our wrong doings in the past.  Taking full responsibility shows that we acknowledge our mistakes and are willing to learn from them.  By owning up to this, we can end some conflicts we might still have with people.  How we treated the Japanese in WWII is an example that Cose brought up.  Not only were people extremely hurt during WWII, but generations are still being effected by it today.  So, it was important that we recognize this for moral reasons and also for resolution.  To move and grow as a country, it is best to clear old waters with people.  This helps us as a nation because it stops pointless feuds that we might still have because of scares from the past, and in a way it protects us from starting new conflicts based on past mistakes.  The United States has mad many wrong decisions in the building of our country and the best way to deal with them is to put them all out on table and admit our wrong doings.