Japanese prime minister plans landmark visit to Pearl Harbor

WaPo ^ | 12/5/16 | Anna Fifield

[ColdOne]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will go to Pearl Harbor with President Obama later this month, becoming the first Japanese leader to visit the site of the attack on Hawaii 75 years ago that thrust the United States into World War II.

The joint trip comes after Obama went to Hiroshima with Abe in May, making him the first sitting American president to visit the city where the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs in 1945 to force Japan’s surrender.

[Cicero]

Obama takes great pride and pleasure in denouncing the sins of others.

[dfwgator]

Will Obama apologize?

[ColdOne]

I was surprised he didn’t when he was In Japan. Doing that here at Pearl Harbor would be the ultimate slap in our face. So it wouldn’t surprise me.

[KyCats]

Of course he will: “I’m sorry we forced you into attacking us here.”

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Obama will apologize for the oil embargo that forced Japan to bomb Perl Harbor. Then he’ll apologize for the loss of Japanese lives taken during the attack. Don’t be surprised if Obama goes on to apologize for the amount of time it took US forces on Bataan to surrender, for their lethargy during the march to Camp O’Donnell and for any damage to Japanese bayonets along the way.

[Gay State Conservative]

Thinking Americans understand that neither the Japanese nor German people of today are responsible for events that happened 75 to 80 years ago.If the Japanese PM visits Pearl Harbor and conducts himself in a respectful,dignified manner that would be very welcome indeed.It seems as if they have some fences to mend with South Koreans (no use dealing with North Korea) and the Taiwanese (no use dealing with Red China).Of course they may have already done so.

[dfwgator]

And he’ll apologize for not having our carriers at Pearl Harbor the day of the attack.

[Professional]

OMG, I can only imagine the stupidity that will spew from Zero’s mouth???

[luvbach1]

You’re so right. I’m sure his little heart ached to apologize to the Japanese when he was in Hiroshima. I’m sure there will be some form of justification offered for the Japanese attack at Pearl and it won’t be offered by the Japanese Prime Minister.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Apologies coming?

[gaijin]

Over 50% of Japanese young people today remain unaware there was ever an attack on Pearl Harbor.

Probably 90% of Japanese are unfamiliar with Dec 6th’s significance.

I love 1,000 Japanese things, but the process of national reflection that occured in Germany mostly did not occur in Japan.

Japan has NO war guilt.

[LS]

Lol

[PeteePie]

This is Hugh!

[gaijin]

I should have included:

Because of the Chinese threat, much of Asia is going to have to pull together mightily in ways unfamliar to the past 60 years.

The ties that bind Europe together—or did bind, I should perhaps say— do not really exist between Asian nations. Yeah, US honkies see slanted eyes allll over, and asian Americans at US Universities do talk a good multiculti game, but that does not actually go very far at all in Asia.

There is verrrry little sense of Pan-Asianism, there, while there is a general sense of Being European.

To remain unoccupied by China, a lot of Asian countries are going to have to get over their misgivings about WW2 in a huge hurry.

[miss marmelstein]

I’m sorry but your sarcasm had me laughing hysterically. The idea of Obama apologizing for the Bataan Death March! Oh wait...

[castlegreyskull]

obama probably thinks we should have cleared the runways and let the japanese bombers land.

[truth_seeker]

Long, long overdue.

[Yulee]

“where the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs in 1945 to force Japan’s surrender.”

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Sloppy journalism. One bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, not two.

[silverleaf]

Obama will probably make them put a giant tarp over the nearby anchored Missouri to show his sorrow at American brutism