Posted on 10/01/2006 12:15:35 PM PDT by Tamar1973
In Japan, the wa surrounds you. You can feel it in the priciest sushi bars and lowliest noodle parlors. Call it the particular Japanese way of looking at the world; of harmony, of collectiveness with a do-not-rock-the-boat spirit. In the mythology of "Star Wars" movies, the wa is like the Force. To mess with the wa is a cardinal sin.
Junichiro Koizumi messed with the wa.
But perhaps the most surprising thing about the man who will exit the political stage next week as Japan's most important postwar prime minister is that when he messed with the wa, most Japanese discovered a shocking truth: Maybe the wa needed to be messed with.
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Feel the Wa...but for God's sake, don't let them catch you in a pose like this one!
Goodbye and Good Luck to a great ally.
Just wish we could've seen this before he left:
Fare thee well, Koizumi.
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