That “apology to Japan” story
I just want to make a small point. The other day two folks sent me a link to the story about President Obama wanting to apologize to Japan for the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima at the end of World War II. It was juicy, it fit the mold that we like to think about the Obama Administration – in short, it seemed too easy and sounded phony to me. I wrote both of the people back and told them that I thought the story was fake and that we were being set up with it.
SO, i watched Fox news’ Fox and friends run with it yesterday, b ut it still didn’t seem right to me. It was just too good.
Well, this morning, I got to watch Steve Doocy apologize to the audience for running with the story which doesn’t seem to be true…as I suspected. I still think the story was planted by the Left. A quick Google search indicates that a lot of bloggers ran with it – but I’m no good at writing sincere apologies, so I try to avoid being wrong in the first place.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Bloggers
Good call!
My wife told me this story yesterday and was ready to start tossing pots and pans it made her so sngry. I was immediately suspicious. It did sound way to good to be true and I advised her not to repeat it until it panned out. If it was a plant by the left, it didn’t work: It only showed that there is nothing that Obama can do that would surprise or shock anyone anymore.
Good call Jonn. Well done, 2-17….
This keeps coming back up. In a fast Google search, this same “we owe Japan an apology” story line is found for the years 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011. There are also stories and videos of private citizens offering “apologies” for the use of the bomb.
And one of the worst parts of this whole foolishness is that it would not surprise anyone if the current POTUS did, indeed, apologize to Japan.
I’m not a bit surprised the Fox & Friends ran with this [they’d be my first choice to do so]….but I’m glad the see that they owned up.
Actually it appears Rush Limbaugh ran away with this one, based on what he read and misinterpreted in ‘Investor’s Business Daily’ (which was itself commenting on a Wikileaks cable).
The cable was between US ambassador to Japan Roos and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka.
Discussing Obama’s upcoming visit, Yabunaka mentioned the fact that Obama pledged for a world free of nuclear weapons, and from this Yabunaka. From this Yabunaka himself basically said that based on Obama’s stance, that anti nuclear groups might have expected Obama to visit Hiroshima. And Yabunaka himself discussed that Obama apologizing for the bomb was a ‘non starter,’ or off the table.
Also Yabunaka recommended the visit mostly be in Tokyo. So no one from the ‘Japanese side’ even remotely suggested Obama visit Hiroshima and ‘apologize’ for it. I doubt Obama himself would ever be so stupid, while in office, to even consider such a thing. It appears as if this is something that was just a passing thought.
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/09/09TOKYO2033.html
Bottom line, the internet is a very dangerous thing indeed if you blindly accept every single information that comes from it on blind faith.
Now I think a better story is that this story is so believable. I mean really If the current POTUS put in place a program to waterboard every detainee no one would believe it. He could even implement it for months before anyone would believe he’s actually doing it.
If we look at the Plans for Operation Downfall and weigh that with the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings what conclusion most people draw is that you have two bad choices, but MAYBE one has a better outcome. But as for apologizing for using Nukes, on Japan well don’t you think we ought to apologize for fire bombing the fuck out of Tokyo first? I mean more people died in that then from both Hiroshima and Nagasaki COMBINED! While we’re at it we might as well apologize to the Nazis for bombing Hamburg Dresden Berlin and many other notable cities. You know spinosaurus? that weird dinosaur from Jurasic Park 3 that made T-rex its bitch? yeah the only know bones of that animal IN EXISTANCE disappeared because of allied bombing.
BUT if we apollogize then they damned well better too. For Bataan, Korea, Vietnam, China, and any number of things. Also the Germans still haven’t lived down the shame of what they did, which might explain why their attempts to “support” us in A-stan have basically amounted to physically being there and little more.
In a rush to denigrate the President they fall for lies, just like the fake birth certificates stories,Obama born in Kenya, please grow up