Japan's Prime Minister Say's No More World War II Apologies

To the victors go the spoils, and the rights of historical revision. Perhaps the First Peoples should sue Canada and America for our war crimes/genocidal tactics repeatedly enacted against them even after they surrendered. Oops, not generally included in the children's history books? Hmmm.
 

Great link Cookie! I think you've put to bed any concern that anyone might have about Japan's failure to apologize. In fact, my reading of the link says that they've apologized multiple times to everyone involved. Who's next to offer an apology? Anyone else ready?
 
Shalimar said:
To the victors go the spoils, and the rights of historical revision. Perhaps the First Peoples should sue Canada and America for our war crimes/genocidal tactics repeatedly enacted against them even after they surrendered. Oops, not generally included in the children's history books? Hmmm.
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Such a witty woman Shalimar! Tongue obviously firmly planted in your cheek there!
 
WhatInThe said:
The military units in Japan that refused to surrender or obey stand down orders after the surrender announcement should still be apologizing. The 302nd Air Group out of Atsugi and Yokosuka fired on US planes sent to fly over Japan to see if the cease fire was being enforced/obeyed. The last killed in action in World War II for the US actually occurred after the surrender announcement.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...end-of-world-war-ii-almost-didn-t-happen.html

All other units obeyed the cease fire but not these poop heads. I hope they got tried for war crimes and I would be open to the direct survivors of the wounded or killed suing Japan.
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How would you feel about the thousands of Iraqi's and Afghani's and Pakistani's who were innocent but killed anyway because they were there, suing you guys? And what about Palestinians who were killed by weapons that the US gave Israel? If it's good for the goose, is it good for the gander?

Time for the taxpayers to get their wallets out because the military industrial complex sure isn't going to let their bottom lines suffer as a result of the deaths that their weapons caused and that their lobbyists encouraged your government to use in the conflicts that have been ongoing for the last 25+ years.
 
Militaristic countries with huge armies and their wannabe lackeys will always find specious reasons for maintaining the status quo, while avoiding examining their own hegemonic reality. So it has always been, pitiful that as sentient beings we are still prisoners of our primitive past. Testosterone rule has proven disastrous so far, perhaps it is time to consider something else?
 
Debby said:
How would you feel about the thousands of Iraqi's and Afghani's and Pakistani's who were innocent but killed anyway because they were there, suing you guys? And what about Palestinians who were killed by weapons that the US gave Israel? If it's good for the goose, is it good for the gander?

Time for the taxpayers to get their wallets out because the military industrial complex sure isn't going to let their bottom lines suffer as a result of the deaths that their weapons caused and that their lobbyists encouraged your government to use in the conflicts that have been ongoing for the last 25+ years.
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In reply to the off subject hypothetical what if what about question. If they want to sue let them sue, how far they'll get is another question.

The referenced story about the rogue Japanese military units at the end of World War II shows a clear cut well defined violation of international protocol and the ignoring the orders of their very own military leadership. And this from a Japanese warrior culture that was supposedly as much about honor as loyalty. This was a rogue unit. These weren't individuals it was at least one air and ground unit.

Units like this were exactly what the Allies were leery of during a full scale military invasion of Japan's main islands. These rogue units could've very easily motivated another atom bomb drop. Unconditional surrender means unconditional SURRENDER, no more fighting.
 
Dig a little in almost every conflict and you will find rogue units. We in the West need to stop posturing our own dubious righteous perfection if we wish to be taken seriously in a global culture.
 

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