Wikileaks cable hints that Obama wanted to issue apology for Hiroshima

Hotair ^ | 10/12/2011 | Ed Morrissey

[newzjunkey]

Those are two great toons. It’s amazing we’ve reached this point.

[AmericanInTokyo]

By the way folks, I had this one covered on Free Republic (through my sources) nearly a yeaer ago and picked up the rumors two years ago (that Obongo was set on apologizing down there) :

FR TEXT (2009) "Skip to comments. OBAMA Nixes Plans For Hiroshima Apology Tour (Afraid of US Electorate): My Translation from Japan Sankei Shimbun News, Tokyo, Japan (Original in Japanese) ^ | 19 September 2010 | Rui Sasaki, Reporter Posted on 2010年9月19日 9:07:51 by AmericanInTokyo Sources within the Obama Administration as well as with the ruling Japan Democratic Party here have leaked and confirmed that Obama (and Japan side) have come to the conclusion to make the decision to cancel any side trip to Hiroshima, Japan in November as part of O's ongoing worldwide apology tour. (Excerpt) Read more at sankei.jp.msn.com ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Click to Add Topic KEYWORDS: 2010; apology; apologytour; bho44; bhofail; bow; elections; hiroshima; japan; nagasaki; obama; obamabow; obowma; roos; sankei; shazai; Click to Add Keyword -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Report Abuse | Bookmark ] This trip has been in the background for nearly two years; Obama was not able to make it last fall and has wanted to go there and express remorse for American Military Action in 広島 and 長崎 in the closing days of World War II. His Ambassador to Japan has already done this--or so it was locally interpreted. Now the Japanese language Conservative Sankei News, large circulation daily in Japan is breaking with news from both D.C. and in Tokyo among knowledgeable US-Japan sources that OBAMA HAS DEFINITIVELY TOLD JAPAN TO NOT EXPECT HIM TO MAKE THE VISIT TO HIROSHIMA when he is next in Japan in November.The reasons stated were the touchy US 2010 mid-term elections, the sentiment this act may generate with the American People, overall US-Japan relations factors, and others. Anothere reason, noted in the headline, was internal DJP leadership election issues which could not bring Japan's side to agreement on how to proceed with this. Japanese head of story: オバマ氏広島訪問見送り　民主代表選の政治空白で事前協議できず English synopsis translation of the original Japanese language article just out now through Sankei. [Conservative and patriotic friends in the blogosphere: If referencing this story word-for-word on your blog in an effort to viralize this report, please quote Free Repubilc and "AiT", providing a direct link to this FR story]. This concludes my overview translation and synopsis. 1 posted on 2010年9月19日 9:08:00 by AmericanInTokyo [ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies | Report Abuse] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: DTogo Ping! 2 posted on 2010年9月19日 9:09:48 by AmericanInTokyo (They should count their blessings The American People are going to take power from them peacefully..) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: AmericanInTokyo BTTT 3 posted on 2010年9月19日 9:10:50 by Jet Jaguar (*) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse