TSUNAMI: Japan diverts aid to whaling industry
I recently watched an episode of “Whale Wars.” In it I learned that the Japanese government has given $22 million of international aid money, which was to benefit the tsunami victims, to the Japanese...
View ArticleMILITARY: We need to stop trying to police the world
At present more than 150,00 American troops are serving outside of our country. Where and why deserve some answers. In addition to the endless war in Afghanistan, where 63,000 of our troops are trying...
View ArticleIRAQ: What’s happening was easily predictable
I hate to say “I told you so,” but frankly I did. I predicted the same events for Iraq as happened in Vietnam: After the good guys leave, the bad guys move in and take over. Thousands of lives wasted,...
View ArticleWAR: Nazis, Japanese delivered death by air
Re: “History’s warriors often make little allowance for civilians” (TNT, 2-14). The writer leaves out the architects of terror bombing from the air: the Nazi Germans and the Imperial Japanese Air...
View ArticleWWII: Right wing blocks ‘Unbroken’ release in Japan
“Unbroken,” the film based on the true story of Louis Zamperini’s World War II experiences, includes his horrific treatment by the Japanese as a prisoner of war. The treatment of Americans in their...
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