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Obama looks to Hiroshima visit; Abe won't go to Pearl Harbor
Hawaii News Now ^ | May 25, 2016 | Nancy Benac, The Associated Press

Posted on 05/25/2016 9:59:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

SHIMA, Japan (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he plans to use his historic visit to Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reflect on the suffering of war and the need to take steps to prevent it. Abe said he had no plans to reciprocate Obama's gesture by paying his own visit to Pearl Harbor.

Obama's opened his trip to Japan with much intrigue about his upcoming stop in the city where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb. But that first-ever visit by a sitting American president was caught up in the controversy in Japan over the recent arrest of a former Marine in connection with the murder of a Japanese woman in Okinawa.

Abe ripped into Obama while demanding U.S. steps to prevent further incidents. Obama told Abe that the U.S. would support having the suspect prosecuted through Japan's legal system....

(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiinewsnow.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: bhoasia; hawaii; hiroshima; japan; obama; obamavisit; pearlharbor; usnavy

1 posted on 05/25/2016 9:59:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just an embarrassing waste


2 posted on 05/25/2016 10:00:09 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
japanese atrocities photo: Japanese atrocities WWII JapaneseAtrocitiesWWII.jpg
3 posted on 05/25/2016 10:04:24 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

While he’s at it, he can apologize for the Americans who resisted their tormentors during the Bataan Death March.


4 posted on 05/25/2016 10:06:13 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When dealing internationally it’s always a 1 way DEAL with obama:-)


5 posted on 05/25/2016 10:07:15 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama is a POS.


6 posted on 05/25/2016 10:08:32 AM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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To: WMarshal

You are to kind.


7 posted on 05/25/2016 10:10:09 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More likely, Barack Obama wants to use his visit to Hiroshima for daydreaming about his allies in Iran doing the same to America.


8 posted on 05/25/2016 10:16:03 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Abe has it figured out. He can hurl abuse at this POS and suffer no repercussions.


9 posted on 05/25/2016 10:34:09 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Abe said he had no plans to reciprocate Obama’s gesture by paying his own visit to Pearl Harbor.


Heh. Touche’.


10 posted on 05/25/2016 11:22:07 AM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When he wins Trump needs to ask Abe to explain Nanking publicly or face a complete withdrawal of US military support. Abe should cover things like the two Japanese Officers who had a contest to see who could behead the most Chinese women in one day. Or the nurses and patients bayoneted in hospitals in Hong Kong and Singapore. Or... well I’m just getting started. One could do this all day and barely scratch the surface.


11 posted on 05/25/2016 3:00:17 PM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
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