Israel tells Japan official's comments on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 'unacceptable'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Israel tells Japan official's comments on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 'unacceptable'
By Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press August 22, 2013 2:30 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel has distanced itself from a government official who made strong comments about the World War II nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Responding to a Japanese request for clarification, a top Israeli envoy told Japan that the comments were "unacceptable" and that the official had been suspended.

Danny Seaman was a government public relations official and posted on Facebook that he was "sick" of "self-righteous" Japanese and international commemorations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims. He said those events were the results of "Japanese aggression."

The comment embarrassed Israel before an international ally.

Israeli diplomatic officials said Thursday that National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror made the clarifications last week. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the private diplomatic discussions with the media.


Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/world/Israel+tells+Japan+officials+comments+Hiroshima+Nagasaki/8819694/story.html

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[Demit]

1. This guy works in public relations? Maybe that's not the best occupation for him.

[Nitram]

2. You're right

You are most definitely not supposed to tell embarrassing and inconvenient truths in a public relations job.

[heaven05]

3. ????

"inconvenient truths". So the Japanese civilians did, according to you, deserve to be nuked? Right? Just asking.

[Leontius]

6. You support an agressive war of conquest you pay the price when the conquerers can no longer

defend you from those they attacked.

[heaven05]

7. right

ten-four on that! kill em all let god sort em out type of thing, right? geez But they were Japanese, not human, right? So to nuke innocents really didn't matter huh general? keep up the good work, we'll draft you for the next war also, you really should do well.

[donquijoterocket]

9. Naw!

I wouldn't draft this guy.I saw a lot of draftees during my year long vacation by the South China Sea and most of them were a lot smarter than this guy. These sorts do not do well when folks shoot back at them.

[heaven05]

10. yeah

I was thinking that very thing. Wonder what cleaning job would be in order for him after he had that first round whiz by his head.

[Ash_F]

8. I wonder if the Boston bombers thought that

...when they bombed a bunch of marathon attendees.

[frylock]

11. so you feel the same about 9/11, right?

you know, to remain consistent.

[Nihil]

12. Ha!

> so you feel the same about 9/11, right?
> you know, to remain consistent.

Excellent point (and the one above about the Boston bombing).

Even if you said that 3000 died (rounding up) and that they were all American
(to avoid the bickering over irrelevent details), this was still just a blip in the statistics:

Nearly 20,000 Americans died of drug-induced causes in 2000.

5,430 Americans died from injuries suffered while at work.

A total of 28,663 people died from firearms in 2000.

(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/02facts/final2000.htm)

I suppose it made the "died from injuries suffered while at work" spike a bit that
year but in the scale of the WWII deaths - and even of the deaths caused directly
by the US Armed Forces in the 12 years following 2001 - it's pretty trivial ...
yet so much is made of such a little thing ...

[Leontius]

18. You're right if you are comparing apples to oars.

[Nihil]

19. You're the only oar around here. (n/t)

(And before you whinge about spelling, check out .6 ...)

[Aristus]

17. It sounds as if you had taken a poll among Japanese who were later killed

in the nuclear bombing of their cities. I'm guessing you asked them how many of them supported the aggression of a monarchical military power they had no voice in electing. The ones voicing support for Japanese aggression deserved to be annihilated, and the ones who opposed it were just collateral damage, right?

I opposed our aggression in Iraq. But as a citizen of the nation that invaded them, do I deserve to die if a vengeful Iraqi bombs my home?

[bemildred]

4. +1. nt

[Ash_F]

5. Low bar over there. /nt

[davidpdx]

13. I commented in the other thread as well

Japan has their right to publicly ask for denuclearization and peace. The guy should lose his job.

[psychopomp]

14. This government mouthpiece seems to forget he lives in a glass house

There is a mentality in Israel that there is no line too far when it comes to its self-preservation.

No act is too cruel, no laws are relevant, no number of innocents dead, maimed or tortured can be considered when Israel is acting in what it sees as a means towards sustaining its existence.

Because of this, Israel is capable of inflicting horrific suffering, terror and death on those it considers to be "fair game."

[EX500rider]

15. "Montage documenting the genocide commited by Isreal"

1st they can't even spell Israel,

2nd, worst genocide ever as the Palestinian population has a growth rate of 2.097%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Palestinian_territories#Population_growth_rate

[Supersedeas]

16. fair game indeed

[oberliner]

20. "No act is too cruel..."

Disgusting post and video.