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Japan minister raps "blond" diplomats in Mideast (foot-in-mouth syndrome)
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| Thu Mar 22, 4:04 AM ET
| Reuters
Posted on 03/22/2007 4:03:43 PM PDT by DTogo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Blond, blue-eyed Westerners probably can't be as successful at Middle East diplomacy as Japanese with their "yellow faces," Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was quoted by media as saying in a weekend speech.
"Japan is doing what Americans can't do," the Nikkei business daily quoted the gaffe-prone Aso as saying in a speech on Sunday.
"Japanese are trusted. If (you have) blue eyes and blond hair, it's probably no good," he said.
"Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces."
Foreign Ministry officials were unable to comment on the report, which said Aso elaborated by saying Japan had never exploited the Middle East, started a war there or fired a shot.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aso; doesitwork; geopolitics; japan; pc; prejudice; truth
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"Japan had never exploited the Middle East." If only their Far East neighbors had been so lucky in the early 20th century.
Ya gotta love these Japanese political oyaji (middle-aged + man) exposing their racial hubris.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:03:46 PM PDT
by
DTogo
To: DTogo
I have dark hair and brown eyes and I'm from Brooklyn, you can trust me!
To: maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; AmericanInTokyo; ...
Another foot-in-mouth politician!
Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:07:10 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: DTogo
......Aso elaborated by saying Japan had never exploited the Middle East, started a war there or fired a shot. Only because Japan is not conveniently near by.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:09:43 PM PDT
by
jimtorr
To: DTogo
On the other hand, my mom would never trust a "dirty Jap" since her intended was killed in The War.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:09:44 PM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: DTogo; TigerLikesRooster
To: freeangel
I heard my Nana refer to them with the same slur.....her beloved...her intended husband died during the War.
To: DTogo
"Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces." 
Regards.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:11:24 PM PDT
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.)
To: DTogo; Constitutionalist Conservative; Gator113; Zhang Fei; DanielLongo; Tamar1973; Dr. Marten; ...
Asia pinglist If you want on or off the list, go to the link for instructions. Otherwise, it won't be guaranteed that you will be put on or taken off (it still won't be 100% guaranteed, anyway, but will be much more highly probable).
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:12:05 PM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: DTogo
Another foot-in-mouth politician!
Gives a whole new meaning to the word ( Shoe-shi ) Sushi.
To: Bringbackthedraft
I have dark hair and brown eyes and I'm from Brooklyn, you can trust me!If you're a Yankees and Giants fan, maybe...!
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:12:34 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: All
Yeah my grandmothers brother who served in Hawaii, he trusted the Japanese lol, the irony.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:12:40 PM PDT
by
rbmillerjr
("Message to radical jihadis...come to my hood, it's understood ------ it's open season" Stuck Mojo)
To: DTogo
If (you have) blue eyes and blond hair, it's probably no good Hmmm...well, I have blue eyes, but my hair is only dirty blond, so do you think I count?
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:13:09 PM PDT
by
The Blitherer
(What the devil is keeping the Yanks? Duncan Hunter for President '08!)
To: DTogo
And not all Americans (or other Westerners) are blond-haired or blue-eyed, or both, either.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:13:10 PM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: DTogo
Yeah, those nordic Americans never pulled off anything like the "Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" complete with concentration camps, mass rapes, genocide, etc.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:13:16 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Nifong, Fitzfong, Earlefong, Schumerfong, Waxmanfong...... Is there a pattern here?!?)
To: Mr. Blonde
The nerve!
To: freeangel
Fortunately The War is over and Japan is now a stalwart ally.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:16:19 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: All
"had never exploited the Middle East, started a war there or fired a shot." No doubt the only reason not is that they were too busy in Nanking.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:17:06 PM PDT
by
Proud_texan
(Just my opinion, no relationship to reality is expressed or implied.)
To: Bringbackthedraft
Dark hair, brown eyes, Texas here. I'm reliable - but I got a couple friends who can't be trusted, lol.
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:17:14 PM PDT
by
niftyspiffy
("..any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind...")
To: DTogo
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posted on
03/22/2007 4:18:27 PM PDT
by
steveo
(Is there anything else I can help you with today?)
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