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To: AmericanInTokyo

Another quote attributed to Hirohito is something to do with “a gun behind every blade of grass”...who actually said that?


16 posted on 06/06/2012 9:31:50 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (If you want to kick a tiger in the ass, you better have a plan for dealing with his teeth.)
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To: gimme1ibertee

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/misquoting-yamamoto/


17 posted on 06/06/2012 9:56:33 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: gimme1ibertee

That was never attributed to the Emperor, and was falsely attributed to Admiral Yamamoto. (He did not say that as well, just as the “sleeping giant” quote is essentially without evidence).


18 posted on 06/06/2012 11:23:32 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Anti-lib landslide Wisconsin's results must be replicated in state after state after state.)
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