tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post4477981085367314412..comments2024-03-26T03:31:06.199-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: Korea-Japan and the End of the '65 System - Part VI: Taking StockT.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-91370316880772257552019-11-16T14:57:43.331-05:002019-11-16T14:57:43.331-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.sohonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403314776385840290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-60707344994775902282019-11-13T10:09:50.798-05:002019-11-13T10:09:50.798-05:00
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Attempting to put any kind of argument of / for the equal treatment and interpretation of written documents (ie our Bill of Rights) towards and colored nationality (especially those of communist leanings) is very naive. <br />I hear your arguments of and for added acknowledgement and apologies from Abe and Japan, but, please know that everyone in Japan is/ and has to "shout the US mandated message and march to the orders of the winners". <br />This is the true "Dog whistle" that you don't seem to hear. <br />America, and specifically Macarthur, was afraid of the threat of communism taking over all of Korea and established the rules of surrender for Japan.<br />You can complain and feel as much indignation of Japan's treatment towards the Koreans, but, for the last 70 years, it is your own cousins in North Korea who have perpetuated and continued to perpetuate those same atrocious crimes of enslavement and death against the Korean peoples.<br />You South Koreans enjoy westernized liberties for the first time in your 2000 year history, Based much in part of America's mandates of restitution and apologies made of Japan to further her (America's) agenda to keep North Korea at bay. <br />Without the UN and the US involvement in the Korean's affairs in the 1950's, You all would have been subjected by the North Koreans to a completely differ life style . They, your North Korean's cousins, started the Korean War to take you over. <br />If all you say about Abe is true, why would Japan even been involved in So Koreas welfare since 1965? Because, Japan has been mandated to, and as a defeated, subjected Country, must comply to- and be in support of her captors.<br />As soon as Japan is free of the mandates of the United States defeat of Japan, if ever, and she (Japan) is free to live under her own charter, IMO, your voice and your calling can and will produce a much clearer response to your constant badgering and disrespect of Japan's leaders.<br />Fun Bridge Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771684387023292275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-49688339091739694902019-09-24T19:41:33.076-04:002019-09-24T19:41:33.076-04:00Foreign policy is not math. There is no transitivi...Foreign policy is not math. There is no transitivity. The fact that Korea became independent from Japan's imperialism did not lead to Okinawa's independence from Japan.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-10792252644638638362019-09-24T16:54:16.463-04:002019-09-24T16:54:16.463-04:00OK, I read that section one more time and I still ...OK, I read that section one more time and I still don't see a convincing case for why American officials will conclude it is in their country's interest to pursue the path outlined in your first counsel. It is easy to write "condemning imperialism is simply the right thing to do," but as you know the United States has repeatedly failed to do the right thing in foreign affairs. And while strategic considerations have changed in East Asia since 1965, what hasn't changed is the huge can of worms I mentioned that Washington would probably like to keep shut forever.<br /><br />In relation to that, how do you feel about the points that I raised about how extremely risky and difficult it would be for the government of the United States--one of the major colonial powers of the modern era--to persuade (even in a non-heavy handed manner) the government of Japan to condemn its colonial rule over Korea and other places until 1945? If Washington takes that step, people in Hawaii and Puerto Rico and many other places currently under U.S. rule will likely demand immediate, unconditional independence. <br /><br />My own view is that Japan and South Korea will be better off in the long run sorting out these disputes themselves. The record of involvement by the United States government in attempting to manage these bilateral disputes (usually by sweeping them under the rug) has not been especially helpful, particularly to the South Korean side. Given its own history as a colonial power, I am skeptical the U.S. will ever be able to credibly intervene in a way that favors South Korea and not Japan. Anand Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420876243803264275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-37539695959126704092019-09-24T16:06:02.637-04:002019-09-24T16:06:02.637-04:00The third section of the post (one with a missile ...The third section of the post (one with a missile launch photo) explains why it is in the US interest to do so. Please read it one more time.<br /><br />I have visited Japan many times.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-65637981180461546962019-09-24T15:48:12.785-04:002019-09-24T15:48:12.785-04:00You appear to have a huge amount of faith in the a...You appear to have a huge amount of faith in the ability of the U.S. government to set things right here by persuading the Japanese government to officially condemn its own history as an imperial power. I'm not sure where you are getting this faith from. The U.S. was complicit in Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910, and indeed Japan never would have been able to take over Korea without the tacit approval of Washington, Paris, and London. So for the U.S. to credibly persuade the Japanese government to condemn its history as an imperial power, the U.S. government would first have to condemn itself for aiding and abetting Japan's rise to the status of imperial power in the early 20th century.<br /><br />This will likely never happen, for the simple reason that the U.S. itself has been and still is a significant colonial and occupying power. If the U.S. government condemned long deceased American officials for supporting Japan's takeover of Korea in 1910, that would immediately lead to calls for the U.S. government to then condemn its own previous annexations of Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and many other places. A huge can of worms that the U.S. government would like to see kept shut would be opened. <br /><br />Out of curiosity, given how voluminously you write about Japan, have you ever visited that country?Anand Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420876243803264275noreply@blogger.com