One problem, Ozie. A lot of allied POWS died on death marches in SE Asia as well as in building the bridge. Many Chinese and other POWS died by the thousands and perhaps Malays and even Burmese troops.
I know that it was a lot bloodier than the movie portrayed.
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Two nukes were not enough...
Japan’s “Democratic Party” must be even more hard up for leadership talent than our own.
This backroom thug is going to be their next Prime Minister?
You gotta read the whole thing. He calls us Americans simpletons but his high opinion of the Brits is based on having seen the movie “Bridge over the River Kwai”.
I’m with the old British WWII vets. This clown isn’t worth the effort of getting mad at.
. . . dismissed the American people as “simple-minded”.
The proof is sitting in the White House.
Before the 2008 election I would have disagreed with him.
I'm just sayin'.......
Oh wonderful, another demagogue idiot gets to be PM.
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Why didn't he just say, "The stormtroopers in Star Wars always showed excellent discipline and that is why I admire the Emperor." It would have made just as much sense.
Yaaaawn.
I had a jap show me a thing or two in a bar once. He got all karate in my face. It hurt. I elbowed him on the clavicle. He cried. It was gross — I guess that’s what hitting a child or a girl would feel like. That was 35 years ago, and I still feel queasy.
They’re all bravado, no substance.
Oh Gawd...
If there was ever any doubt that Ozawa is a totally clueless bonehead, this last week kills them.
I am firmly convinced that Ozawa and his scandals was THE biggest reason the DPJ lost the recent Upper House election. Number two was the overall total incompetence of the Hatoyama administration.
Yet, in spite this rebuke, and unwilling to give Nobuto Kan a chance to revive DPJ fortunes, Ozawa is determined to call in all his chits and muscle his way into the party Presidency and thus the Prime Ministry.
This is just as much of an “in your face” Ef-Off!!! to the Japanese public as Obama and the Dims ramming health care past the tonsils of the American public.
I imagine they will express their displeasure the same way Americans are going to in November — when they get their chance next.
After watching the American people elect a creature like 0bama I find it hard to argue with the statement...sigh :-(
How clever could the Japanese have been to go to war in Malaya, Burma and the jungles of the South Pacific without coming up with a submachinegun?
dismissed the American people as “simple-minded
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Isn’t generalizing a trait of the simple minded?
Not too sophisticated Ichiro-san s/
I thought that everyone knew that the movie bore pretty much no resemblance to reality whatsoever?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai#Historical_accuracy
As far as Americans being simpletons...well, just look at what we did in November 2008...