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| Chinese Press: Obama's Hiroshima trip no occasion to whitewash Japan's WWII atrocities |
| 2016-05-29 |
| Interesting excerpt: [Xinhua] At first glance, for a city falling as the first victim to an atomic bomb in human history, a visit by the first sitting president of the country that dropped the bomb does appear "historic." However, the symbolic nature of the visit is not intended to bring the two allies come closer to Obama's nuke-free dream; politicians both in Washington and Tokyo clearly have other calculations on their mind. For the outgoing U.S. president, the Hiroshima visit will help Obama secure yet another political legacy. He will be the first sitting president of the United States to visit the A-bombed city, after already having claimed the titles of the first African-American U.S. president, the first sitting U.S. president who won a Nobel Peace Prize after World War II (WWII) and the first U.S. president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. Besides, visiting Hiroshima -- a symbol for Japan's "war victim" identity in the eyes of many Japanese -- will apparently help further strengthen the ties between Washington and Tokyo, a cornerstone for America's "pivot to Asia" strategy. What's more, Hiroshima will be a bully pulpit for Obama to show his strong sense of responsibility to America's allies as a Democratic president, earning brownie points for his pal Hillary Clinton while playing down her well-matched Republican opponent, Donald Trump. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #4 O's public showing of weakness to our adversaries has enabled their bullying and intimidation. Then he walks away from the wreckage. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-05-29 15:37 |
| #3 Damning with faint praise, methinks. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-05-29 13:33 |
| #2 China prefers Mr. Trump to the former secretary of state? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-05-29 11:19 |
| #1 he's got plenty of political legacies, starting as worst and most divisive Preznit, evaer |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-05-29 10:53 |