Japanese Broadcast Official: We Didn’t Commit War Crimes, the U.S. Just Made That Up

[kevinbgoode1]

5. This is just so typically right-wing crap

They don't like their history, so they rewrite it. I'm sorry, but there seems to be plenty of documentation of Japanese atrocities during World War II, and the Americans (and others) who suffered under their rule.

This doesn't dismiss the horrific death and damage caused by the use of the atomic bombs, but I'm not going to second-guess President Truman's decision - nor venture into attempting to guesstimate the number of American casualties if we had been required to invade the home islands. It should be noted that the U.S., Britain, China, Australia and NZ were pretty much the only fighting forces against the Japanese - the Soviets stalled until just before the end of the war.

Just like the GOP is in denial of the history of this country, the right wing in Japan seems to be in denial of their own history. No one likes to admit that they were a party to genocide (including the U.S.) but to outright deny it is an outrage against the people on both sides who died (mostly innocently) at the hands of this brutal war.

Now, in many ways I'm all in favor of Japan rearming - let them pay for their own defense. One of my peeves is how much we spend for bases in other countries (many of whom have luxuries like universal health care) while being told at home that we can't afford to do a damned thing for the American people except to put more money into the pockets of the corporations who profit off the warmongering.

It seems like war in this country has always been about increasing the profits of big business at the expense of American lives.