Every country in the world was thrilled to watch.
October 16, 2015
I was reading the first part of this month's Sound Argument magazine article, "A Record of the Moment," and I thought that it must be an editorial by Masayuki Takayama.
First, he used the term "Shina" when referring to China, and his essay was very hard-edged.
(Emphasis in the text and *~* are mine.
With the world's attention focused on Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe released a speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Every country in the world was thrilled to watch.
The United States, for example.
They feared that Abe might say, as Russian Senator Franz Krintsevich did, that the atomic bombing was a war crime on a par with the Holocaust.
The arrogant Stalin, as if he were the king of Babylon, enslaved 700,000 Japanese in Siberia and hid his atrocities from the world.
Russia took Japanese prisoners of war and never apologized.
The same is true of China.
Chiang Kai-shek, bending over backward to Franklin Roosevelt, abandoned Asia to side with the whites and continued to drag Japan down with him.
Roosevelt told Chiang Kai-shek that he would give him Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as a reward.
The story of Roosevelt's attempts to contact Oliver Stanley, the British colonial minister, on Chiang's behalf is described in C. Thorne's "The Pacific War for the United States and Great Britain.
The president asked, "Your country didn't buy that place properly from China, did it?"
The implicit message is that they must have extorted it during the Opium Wars and should give it back.
The colonial minister replies, "Yes, that was around the time of the Mexican-American War (in which the U.S. tricked Mexico into acquiring its territory).
You've been using your dirty tricks, too, you know. Don't be so smug, you Dutch bastard," it is the meaning of the colonial minister replies.
*I searched for the fact that Takayama wrote that Franklin Roosevelt's family was Dutch and found that he was right.
I was impressed by Masayuki Takayama's hard-headedness and his knowledge of the situation. I was so surprised to find out that he was a Dutchman.*
So, Hong Kong was given up, Vietnam was stared down by de Gaulle, and Chiang eventually relented, only to receive Taiwan.
If Prime Minister Abe had pointed out such betrayal 70 years ago, Xi Jinping's lie that "victory in the anti-Japanese war was the first victory over a foreign enemy since modern times" would have been erased.
The same is true of South Korea.
Even Britain and the U.S., blinded by their greed for territory, were so disgusted by the low quality of the Korean people that the U.S., ignoring Joseon's pleas, quickly closed its diplomatic mission in Seoul and withdrew its troops from the country.
Japan had no choice but to take care of them, give them the same treatment as Japan, and build schools, electricity, and railroads, while Korea now lies that they were colonized, moved forcibly, and mistreated.
Prime Minister Abe may expose such an abominable past.
The Koreans were so persistent in their lies that it was unsurprising that Prime Minister Abe would say so.
While all the countries were holding their breath, the discourse was delivered with an elegance that was uniquely Japanese.
The U.S. was given a pass on their misdeeds, including the atomic bombings and the forced constitution, and they said, "Yes, it's wonderful. There is dignity and majestic" (J. Prishtup, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. Institute of Strategic Studies).
However, the discourse was not harmless, and there were stinging words for each country.
It pointed out the lack of "fundamental values of freedom, democracy, and human rights" in South Korea and China and also harshly pointed out the viciousness of the Siberian prisoners in Russia.
What is more interesting is that the reactions of various countries to the statement have been exciting and have revealed a great deal about the situation surrounding Japan.
According to Kent Calder, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, the United States has celebrated September 2, the anniversary of the signing of the surrender on the USS Missouri, with as much fanfare as Independence Day.
Truman initiated the idea, but when he died in 1972, after the third anniversary of his death in 1976, the national holiday was dropped, and the day reverted to just another day.
He said, "Most people don't even remember that we were at war with Japan anymore.
In other words, the only people who still claim that Japan is an invading nation and committed the Nanking Massacre are John Dower, those who are associated with the Frankfurt School, and their newspaper, The New York Times.
*Those who, like me, have lived in the real and business worlds must be wondering what the Frankfurt School is. I will explain it in the next chapter.*
October 16, 2015
I was reading the first part of this month's Sound Argument magazine article, "A Record of the Moment," and I thought that it must be an editorial by Masayuki Takayama.
First, he used the term "Shina" when referring to China, and his essay was very hard-edged.
(Emphasis in the text and *~* are mine.
With the world's attention focused on Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe released a speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Every country in the world was thrilled to watch.
The United States, for example.
They feared that Abe might say, as Russian Senator Franz Krintsevich did, that the atomic bombing was a war crime on a par with the Holocaust.
The arrogant Stalin, as if he were the king of Babylon, enslaved 700,000 Japanese in Siberia and hid his atrocities from the world.
Russia took Japanese prisoners of war and never apologized.
The same is true of China.
Chiang Kai-shek, bending over backward to Franklin Roosevelt, abandoned Asia to side with the whites and continued to drag Japan down with him.
Roosevelt told Chiang Kai-shek that he would give him Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as a reward.
The story of Roosevelt's attempts to contact Oliver Stanley, the British colonial minister, on Chiang's behalf is described in C. Thorne's "The Pacific War for the United States and Great Britain.
The president asked, "Your country didn't buy that place properly from China, did it?"
The implicit message is that they must have extorted it during the Opium Wars and should give it back.
The colonial minister replies, "Yes, that was around the time of the Mexican-American War (in which the U.S. tricked Mexico into acquiring its territory).
You've been using your dirty tricks, too, you know. Don't be so smug, you Dutch bastard," it is the meaning of the colonial minister replies.
*I searched for the fact that Takayama wrote that Franklin Roosevelt's family was Dutch and found that he was right.
I was impressed by Masayuki Takayama's hard-headedness and his knowledge of the situation. I was so surprised to find out that he was a Dutchman.*
So, Hong Kong was given up, Vietnam was stared down by de Gaulle, and Chiang eventually relented, only to receive Taiwan.
If Prime Minister Abe had pointed out such betrayal 70 years ago, Xi Jinping's lie that "victory in the anti-Japanese war was the first victory over a foreign enemy since modern times" would have been erased.
The same is true of South Korea.
Even Britain and the U.S., blinded by their greed for territory, were so disgusted by the low quality of the Korean people that the U.S., ignoring Joseon's pleas, quickly closed its diplomatic mission in Seoul and withdrew its troops from the country.
Japan had no choice but to take care of them, give them the same treatment as Japan, and build schools, electricity, and railroads, while Korea now lies that they were colonized, moved forcibly, and mistreated.
Prime Minister Abe may expose such an abominable past.
The Koreans were so persistent in their lies that it was unsurprising that Prime Minister Abe would say so.
While all the countries were holding their breath, the discourse was delivered with an elegance that was uniquely Japanese.
The U.S. was given a pass on their misdeeds, including the atomic bombings and the forced constitution, and they said, "Yes, it's wonderful. There is dignity and majestic" (J. Prishtup, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. Institute of Strategic Studies).
However, the discourse was not harmless, and there were stinging words for each country.
It pointed out the lack of "fundamental values of freedom, democracy, and human rights" in South Korea and China and also harshly pointed out the viciousness of the Siberian prisoners in Russia.
What is more interesting is that the reactions of various countries to the statement have been exciting and have revealed a great deal about the situation surrounding Japan.
According to Kent Calder, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, the United States has celebrated September 2, the anniversary of the signing of the surrender on the USS Missouri, with as much fanfare as Independence Day.
Truman initiated the idea, but when he died in 1972, after the third anniversary of his death in 1976, the national holiday was dropped, and the day reverted to just another day.
He said, "Most people don't even remember that we were at war with Japan anymore.
In other words, the only people who still claim that Japan is an invading nation and committed the Nanking Massacre are John Dower, those who are associated with the Frankfurt School, and their newspaper, The New York Times.
*Those who, like me, have lived in the real and business worlds must be wondering what the Frankfurt School is. I will explain it in the next chapter.*
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