Posted on 05/25/2016 9:59:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
SHIMA, Japan (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he plans to use his historic visit to Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reflect on the suffering of war and the need to take steps to prevent it. Abe said he had no plans to reciprocate Obama's gesture by paying his own visit to Pearl Harbor.
Obama's opened his trip to Japan with much intrigue about his upcoming stop in the city where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb. But that first-ever visit by a sitting American president was caught up in the controversy in Japan over the recent arrest of a former Marine in connection with the murder of a Japanese woman in Okinawa.
Abe ripped into Obama while demanding U.S. steps to prevent further incidents. Obama told Abe that the U.S. would support having the suspect prosecuted through Japan's legal system....
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Just an embarrassing waste
While he’s at it, he can apologize for the Americans who resisted their tormentors during the Bataan Death March.
When dealing internationally it’s always a 1 way DEAL with obama:-)
Obama is a POS.
You are to kind.
More likely, Barack Obama wants to use his visit to Hiroshima for daydreaming about his allies in Iran doing the same to America.
Abe has it figured out. He can hurl abuse at this POS and suffer no repercussions.
Abe said he had no plans to reciprocate Obama’s gesture by paying his own visit to Pearl Harbor.
When he wins Trump needs to ask Abe to explain Nanking publicly or face a complete withdrawal of US military support. Abe should cover things like the two Japanese Officers who had a contest to see who could behead the most Chinese women in one day. Or the nurses and patients bayoneted in hospitals in Hong Kong and Singapore. Or... well I’m just getting started. One could do this all day and barely scratch the surface.
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