Nanking? You're kidding, right. Barry doesn't know Nanking anymore than he knows the Battle of Brooklyn Heights. I'm surprised he didn't answer the question with, "What's World War Two?" You're giving the guy WAY too much credit. For him, history - not just American, but ALL history - started in 1961. Like all narcissists, history began with his birth.
How hard can it be to look the Japanese straight in the eye and say:
“YES. You made a terrible mistake. We fixed it.”