[Jeff Gordon]

Why am I not surprised that Aljazeera would back the idea that the WWII Japanese Terrorists were simply "defending" themselves.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

She'd better hire a heck of a PR firm.

[I still care]

I was thinking just today of the similarity of militaristic Japan and fascist Islam. Both sacrificed their young people in suicide for a pseudo-religion.

The Japanese fought to the death until they ran into the bomb. My uncle was in a POW camp, he said when he was captured the commander said they would be "Enemies forever" and he was only interested in how many Americans died.

One of the reasons the US is in such trouble is we have dumbed down our history, and don't teach it to our kids. Defeating the Islamofascists will require the same commitment that WWII did.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The granddaughter of an infamous Japanese general, hanged at the end of the second world war, is calling for people to reassess their image of him.

Well, she could try building a library in Little Rock. (Or is that Rittle Lock?)

[Bringbackthedraft]

"Why am I not surprised that Aljazeera would back the idea that the WWII Japanese Terrorists were simply "defending" themselves."

Yeah, defending themselves, by chopping off the heads of their prisoners.

[SW6906]

Ping!!!

[Born Conservative]

"It was a war of self-defence," she says. "Japan was being held back by the ABCD line of America, Britain, China and the Dutch, who had together imposed an economic embargo, so there was no choice.

Japan had been building up it's military for several decades prior to Pearl Harbor. I don't think it was a war of self-defense.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Is this woman ignoring the army was in-charge of chemical weapons testing that was done on LIVE prisoners during the war? A fact that Japan itself has barely acknowledged?

Tojo was a bastard and is getting his just desserts, burning in HELL!

[AmericanInTokyo]

I actually met Hideki Tojo's SON in Tokyo once.

He was an executive of Mitsubishi Motors at the time. One of the few Freepers I imagine who saw Emperor Hirohito as well, live, on about five different occasions, and also met his son.

Nice smiling people; you'd never know their policies or those of their relatives were responsible for so much human misery in our modern history.

[Billthedrill]

She's right, but for the wrong reason. Tojo wasn't one of the war planners and Hirohito was. Tojo "took one for the Emperor" as he was obligated to under Bushido. We didn't try Hirohito because we wanted a nice stable government for occupation, and because he really was being held prisoner by radical officers who wanted to prolong the war. But he was many times more guilty than Tojo.

[Kurt_D]

What a spin doctor this Mrs. Tojo! Nevertheless, I don't think that's too reprehensible, especially if we take into consideration that Japan is now a mature and well-established democracy. Unlike China. Let's not worry about an old lady's revisionism, shall we? Let's worry about China.

[Apercu]

The Japanese military under Tojo committed unspeakable horrors upon hundreds of thousands of British, Aussie,NZ, & American POW's, as well as millions of Chinese, Korean, Philippine & other nationalities. Islamofacists are EXACTLY like the Japanese in the 1st half of the 20th century in their sub humanistic attitude towards anyone outside their race, religion, or ideology.They will do the same horrific things as the Japanese or Nazis, submission to their ideology or not, if given the opportunity. Read "The Rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang.

[CAP811]

No Problemo Hang Him again. And why do we allow Aljazeera
to stay on the air?

[onedoug]

Use the lessons learned.

[popdonnelly]

Why is it not surprising that Al Jazeera would speak well of a war criminal.

[Finalapproach29er]

This is what happens with cleansed history books.

This needs to be addressed. Start with the dissecting experiments on awake US soldiers, or BATTAN bayoneting anybody who couldn't keep up for 60 miles.


They are starting to get the itch,again.

[Casekirchen]

I'm torn on this one.

My first reaction to the article was that Hitler loved his dog too. Both Hitler & Tojo were leaders in their mass murder programs.

My second reaction was, maybe there is something to Al-Jiz's equating the Japanese in WW2 & the Islamics today. Both were murderous cults whose religious & cultural beliefs stressed that killing others was good. WW2 against Japan ended with two airplanes over Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Could Al-Jiz be recommending a similar solution today?

[billnaz]

Sounds like Ms. Tojo needs to read something besides World War II history books written in Japan.

[Tax-chick]

later

[Ancesthntr]

"It was a war of self-defence," she says. "Japan was being held back by the ABCD line of America, Britain, China and the Dutch, who had together imposed an economic embargo, so there was no choice.

Gee, beotch, ya' think that there might be reasons for the economic embargo...you know, a couple little things like the invasion of China and the killing or murder of millions of its people, for example, or the plans to use China's resources to go after the rest of Asia?

Notice, beotch, that the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere which your butcher grandfather couldn't achieve by killing millions of Japanese, Americans, Brits, Phillipinos, etc. was easily accomplished by a non-aggressive Japan in a few short years. No one is embargoing oil, steel, etc. now...maybe 'cuz they aren't worried about being invaded by a bunch of sadistic thugs with guns & bombs.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Zôshigaya Cemetery: Photographs of headstones in Zôshigaya Cemetery. Located in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, the cemetery (address: 4-25-1 Minami Ikebukuro) can be reached on foot from either Ikebukuro Station (about 20 minutes) or Higashi Ikebukuro subway station (Yûrakuchô Line, about 7 minutes). A far more interesting option is to take the Arakawa Line streetcar directly to Zôshigaya Station (transfer from JR's Ôtsuka Station). Tokyo assumed administrative control over the cemetery in 1874 and gave it its current official name (Zôshigaya Ryôen) in 1935. The transfer of rights to burial plots has been prohibited since 1962. A detailed map (in Japanese only) with names and locations of the most visited graves is available from the cemetery's administrative office for a reasonable "donation" of 100 yen. Iwano Hômei Izumi Kyôka Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) Nagai Kafû Nakahama Manjirô (John Manjirô) Narushima Ryûhoku Natsume Sôseki Shimamura Hôgetsu Takehisa Yumeji Tôjô Hideki