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2005-05-13 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-13 8:09:59 AM|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 [snark]I'm sure the Gauls were happy with July (Julius) and the Germans with August (Augustus) on their calendars too.[/snark]

Posted by Unogum Elmavirong8971 2005-05-13 09:02|| 2005-05-13 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Banzai, Bee-yatch!

Posted by Glolutch Snomotch2331 2005-05-13 09:16|| 2005-05-13 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 We were gonna call it China day but you guys protested and acted all unfriendly so we're going to the fallback name. ~Koisumi with middle fingers verticle.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2005-05-13 10:48|| rjschwarz.com]">[rjschwarz.com] 2005-05-13 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes its named after Hirihito, but officialy its just called "WWII runner-up day"

Posted by flash91 2005-05-13 12:09|| 2005-05-13 12:09|| Front Page Top

#5 More like second-runner-up day. I think Germany gets dibs on first.

Posted by docob 2005-05-13 16:13|| 2005-05-13 16:13|| Front Page Top

#6 maybe I'm over-reacting but I feel it's a slap in the face to us as well. I know we have a decent relationship with Japan now, but history does repeat itself. Like when I visited the USS Arizona recently, you had more Japanese there than Americans and all loudly (disrespectfully) jabbering in Japanese. We may or may not need them for North Korean negotiation and it's clear they're a great economic partner however if Germany came up with an Adolph Hitler Day, I'd be just a teensy bit suspicious...

Posted by shellback 2005-05-13 16:37|| 2005-05-13 16:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Did Hitler surrender?

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-13 17:32|| 2005-05-13 17:32|| Front Page Top

#8 No, but he did wage a brutal war against the United States...just like Hirohito.

Posted by shellback 2005-05-13 18:04|| 2005-05-13 18:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Hirohito did not start the war, he did, however, end it.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-13 19:57|| 2005-05-13 19:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Shellback, were there any Japanese tourists on the Missouri? The normal celebratory swarm of Japanese at the Arizona only have to look up to see the site of Japan's surrender. George H W Bush, a veteran of the war in the Pacific, placed it there deliberately and with great satisfaction.

Posted by RWV 2005-05-13 22:54|| 2005-05-13 22:54|| Front Page Top

#11 My reasoning, for what it's worth, =

Allies - 1st place (won WWII)
Germany - first runner up (damn near won the thing)
Japan - second runner up (beaten by what could be seen as USA's "second team", not to denigrate brave warriors who gave their all there, but FDR had committed to "Europe First" policy of material distribution)

I guess my main point was even "runner-up" status too complimentary for Japan's WWII history. We need them now, and I respect them as a culture and as a more staunch ally than most, but they really do have to do a better job of coming to terms with that era, IMO.

Posted by docob 2005-05-14 00:01|| 2005-05-14 00:01|| Front Page Top

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