Posted on 02/15/2015 4:26:23 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Survivors and descendants of the victims of the 1945 Battle of Manila are pressing Japan to apologize for atrocities committed by its forces that left tens of thousands dead.
Juan Jose Rocha, head of the Memorare-Manila 1945 Foundation, a group of survivors and descendants of noncombatant victims of the battle, said during a memorial ceremony Saturday that an apology by Japan “is long overdue.”
“The purpose of our group is not to recriminate, nor to seek compensation, but just to commemorate and request Japan to recognize what they did here,” Rocha said at the ceremony held in front of a monument erected by his group 20 years ago. The monument memorializes the approximately 100,000 civilians who died during the Battle of Manila, which lasted from Feb. 3 to March 3, 1945, toward the end of World War II.
According to Rocha, around 70,000 of the civilians who died were “victims of heinous crimes or massacres” perpetrated by Japanese forces.
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No apologies. This will lead to demand for apologies form every country in the world for various atrocities committed or not committed.
Japanese education is good, and I agree that they gloss over the truth at a minimum—adressing sins of fathers is not an Asian strong point.
However barbarism is not relegated to Asians, and modern sensibilities will not suffice to win against the current generation of barbarians. If the West cannot find the will to win, then the barbarians of the world will fight it out among themselves. Judeo-Christian values will be supplanted by the law of the jungle and our progeny will face extinction or slavery. I see no hope outside of Christ, and I see little indication that we will return to the God whom our forefathers worshiped.
The one thing I learned in my travels is that the people all over the world can lovely, engaging, interesting folks.
But you'd never, ever want them to be in charge of you.
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