Japanese politician launches attack on 'River Kwai' Britons

The Telegraph ^ | 8/26/2010 | Chris Irvine

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

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.

[DTogo]

Japanese political buffoons like Ozawa no more represent the Japanese people anymore than our own do.

日本＊ピング＊ (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

[rotstan]

Two nukes were not enough...

[sinanju]

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.

[Vigilanteman]

Another LDP retread who was haunting Japan when I lived there more than eight years ago. But I can't say I disagree with him here:

. . . dismissed the American people as “simple-minded”.

The proof is sitting in the White House.

[Savage Beast]

"Ichiro Ozawa...values US democracy but dismissed the American people as 'simple-minded'. "

Before the 2008 election I would have disagreed with him.

[Kirkwood]

He reminds me of Joe Biden.

[Psycho_Bunny]

You know....we still have the Enola Gay. It's sittin' in the Udvar-Hazy Center.

I'm just sayin'.......

[sinanju]

Joe Biden is stupid and he thinks we’re even stupider.

This guy’s just plain stupid.

[dr_who]

Oh wonderful, another demagogue idiot gets to be PM.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Video clips from “The Bridge On the River Kwai”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3pQubiUXD0

[I see my hands]

Never believe an enemy is an enemy no more.

[killjoy]

Ichiro Ozawa is a total idiot and doesn't know the difference between fiction and real life. The story is very loosely based on real life. Pierre Boulle, the same author who wrote Planet Of The Apes, had never even been to Thailand. The real bridge didn't even cross the river Kwai!

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.

[killjoy]

[Ciexyz]

Yaaaawn.

[eclecticEel]

It was an iconic film - but it also sanitized the horrors of what actually happened to POW’s in Southeast Asia.

[Paradox]

This guy should run for office:

[Born to Conserve]

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.

[Frantzie]

Agreed. The Japanese are not perfect but they do not elect Muslims to run Japan. Americans are controlled by TV which is controlled by the Saudis and Islam now.

The Networks and all the cable channels they own (90% of every channel) ALL support The Imam, Victory Mosque and Islam. Keep watching sheeple.

Our great “saviors” are RINOs who helped McCain in AZ: - Mitt, Sarah, Huck, Pawlenty, Jan Brewer and other phonies.