Posted on 12/06/2016 6:12:30 AM PST by mandaladon
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press conference Monday it was natural for World War II veterans to be “embittered” about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, but they should get over it for the sake of America.
It was announced Monday that Abe will be the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor since it was hit by a surprise attack that killed 2,403 Americans and brought the U.S. into World War II. The visit reciprocates President Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima earlier this year for the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on the city.
Abe said in a short statement he would pray for those who died in the war, but gave no indication he would express regret for Japan’s surprise attack.
During a White House press briefing Monday, Earnest was asked whether veterans may be offended by Abe’s visit if he expressed no regret over the attack.
Earnest responded by saying veterans may very well feel “embittered,” especially if they personally fought in World War II.
“If I were a World War II veteran who was drafted by the United States military to go and fight for our country overseas in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, I might feel quite embittered, and I think it would be a perfectly natural and understandable human reaction to not be particularly satisfied with the words of the Japanese Prime Minister,” Earnest said.
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Josh, just another precious snowflake.
We’ll be trying to get over Obama for a while too.
“White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press conference Monday it was natural for World War II veterans to be “embittered” about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, but they should get over it for the sake of America. “
While I think it is absurd that people that are 35 should be acting “offended”, it is callous and disgusting to tell actual veterans that they should have no feelings at all!
Yes, the world has to go on for the younger generations, but these guys had their youth taken away, not to mention their friends and family, by Imperial Japan and they deserve to shout their peace until their last day.
Let me see, I can’t quite recall. Did Obama tell the Japanese to “get over it” when he went to Hiroshima?
Let the veterans that lived through Pearl Harbor have whatever feelings they wish. They earned that right.
No, they should not get over slavery, IF they were a slave.
You want to see what NOT GETTING OVER LOOKS LIKE?
Wait until Jane Fonda dies and there is a line of Viet Nam vets waiting to piss on her grave.
Should blacks get over slavery?
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Using Josh Earnest’s reasoning of “for the good of the country” they should.
For those WWII vets (including my dad) who left their families and fought for their country, dodging bullets, watching friends/comrades in arms die, were wounded, had their lives irreparably changed, saw/suffered the atrocities of the Japanese ...... I understand their ‘bitterness’ and would not deny it to them or suggest they ‘get over it’ for any reason. I believe “we”, as a country, still owe them that respect at a minimum.
“drafted”?? The lefty is trying to rewrite history (no surprise). The draft was unnecessary, as the armed services had more volunteers than they could handle, in fact there were lotteries with the winners being accepted to serve.
The Rats will never get over that, just like they never got over Traitorgore losing.
BTW, we should never forget the traitorous Demonicrat and RINOcrat senators who did not vote to convict the impeach Traitorwillie.
It's also easy to forget that Hawaii wasn't even a U.S. state at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I agree with you. I never understood the resentment anyone would have against a foreign country that hasn’t been an enemy of ours in decades.
STFU Josh...
Meanwhile, due to ongoing bitterness by the PRC, we shouldn't talk to Taiwan. Can't talk out of both sides of your mouth, folks.
Should blacks get over slavery?
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If they vote for Dems, then they already did
translation: Enough of you have assumed room temperature by now that we no longer fear the political blowback for saying what we REALLY feel.
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