I will always remember meeting a dear friend's father. He had been a Japanese soldier in World War II. My friend introduced him to me. He humbly bowed his head and said that he apologized for Pearl Harbor and all the events that followed. With tears in my eyes I replied and my father would apologize to your country for the atomic bombs that destroyed Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
We do need to remember that governments make many decisions that the average person does not condone or agree with.
I don't have any answers. But, I will always remember meeting this very humble man.