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Shameful honouring of Japanese Prime Minister Abe

Does Tony Abbott know that there is no way that Japan’s Prime Minister Abe would be paraded proudly in front of both sides of politics at the USA Congress?   Nor in South Korea?

Why not?    Because Japan and Abe have never recognised, apologised or honoured the Korean “comfort women” who were so horribly exploited by Japan in World War 2.

And because Prime Minister Abe has only recently and very publicly honoured the graves of 14 major Japanese war criminals.

As Australians, we have even more reason to not honour Shinzo Abe.  He appeared in our Paerliament, and offered “condolences’ for the sufferings of Australian soldiers at the hands of Japanese prison guards. “Condolences”!   Not good enough!  Our soldiers were starved, tortured and killed. At least a public apology is called for.

Our Prime Minister Abbott, known to be scientifically illiterate, is apparently also historically illiterate.  Or is  it that Abbott is so keen to appease his military-industrial complex masters in USA, that anything goes, in his efforts to wed Australia to USA’s military encirclement of China, by palling up in defense agreements with Japan?

July 9, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews