They now have taken an American hostage that they threaten to kill unless the US withdraws from the city. It seems like that is something that would take as a victory after all, so there was a drawback.
Japan couldn't afford cave to the threat of burning their citizens alive, in fact you said no government could, so can the US pull back now?
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