My head just exploded from reading this stupidity.

[djones520]

DaveinJapan (770 posts) Sun Apr-11-10 08:48 AM
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"War of Northern Aggression", meet "The Greater East Asian War", courtesy of Yasukuni War Museum
Well, I just had an eye opening experience today, visiting for the first time Tokyo's Yasukuni War Museum.

I had no idea the Japanese had the right idea all along, pleading with the Western Aggressors even during WWI to put a stop to racism and imperialism.

Not to mention the fact that the attack on Pearl Harbor was simply a retaliation towards the West who, through the oil embargo, had threatened Japan's very existence.

But the MOST interesting thing (and there was a LOT of interesting rhetoric there!) was the fact that through the entire Museum they referred to "The Greater East Asian War" and we couldn't quite figure out the reference. Only in the very last exhibit room was it explained. It refers to not ONLY WWII (the "early" stages), but to Korea and Vietnam as well where the imperial powers were finally defeated. And in that last exhibit was a quip insinuating that if ONLY the world had listened to wise Japan way back in WWI, all could have been avoided.

Again, a very eye opening place to say the least (not to mention the fact that their rhetoric reminds me STRONGLY of the right wing noise machine in America today...go figure!).


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8129734

I love Japan. Lived there for 7 years, and would go back in a heartbeat. But this is just beyond stupid.

[PoliCon]

this is just beyond stupid.I'll second that emotion. :rolleyes:

[SarasotaRepub]

JHC!!! :eek: DaveinJapan is a total moron. Can't be older than mid 20's.

[FlaGator]

"I went to Aryan Brotherhood museum and it said that blacks were sub-human and Jews were really mud people and responsible for all the problems in the world. I never knew this!":rolleyes:

[Speedy]

"I went to Aryan Brotherhood museum and it said that blacks were sub-human and Jews were really mud people and responsible for all the problems in the world. I never knew this!":rolleyes:

I love that museum! I picked out a lot of swasticas on the cheap there. The sarin gas cannisters were on backorder though.:D

[NJCardFan]

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2. RW extremists are no different

whether they're from the USA or western Europe, from east Asia or the Middle East. Even losing a war (as in the case of imperial Japan and the Confederacy) doesn't stop their attempts to rewrite history in order to rehabilitate their image. The Japanese people would be wise to keep a wary eye on their RW militaristic fringe, who would lead their nation back into death & destruction AGAIN if given half-a-chance. Same with the neoconfederates (among other RW nutjob groups) in our own country.
:rolleyes:

My account has been banned there(don't understand why as under this handle I was in lock step so I could get established). I wanted to post this in reply:

Nanking Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre)
Bataan Death March (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March)
Japanese War Crimes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes)

Of course because we were the perceived bad guy to these leftist assholes, this would have fallen on deaf ears(eyes).

[Dan D. Doty]

:rolleyes:

My account has been banned there(don't understand why as under this handle I was in lock step so I could get established). I wanted to post this in reply:

Nanking Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre)
Bataan Death March (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March)
Japanese War Crimes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes)

Of course because we were the perceived bad guy to these leftist assholes, this would have fallen on deaf ears(eyes).

Of course, America is always the bad guy to the Moonbats :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[NJCardFan]

Of course, America is always the bad guy to the Moonbats :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
And they're terribly misinformed. These are the same people who look at the A bombing and lambaste the US for killing so many innocent civilians. Well, IMO, dropping a nuclear device was a hell of a lot humane than soaking civilians in kerosene and lighting them on fire or tossing infants in the air and catching them on bayonets.