More from the Comfort Congressman
Mike Honda, who is sponsor of the resolution telling Japan to apologize formally for the “comfort woman” brothels its military set up during WWII now is asking the Congressional Research Service to look into allegations that Japanese officials set up brothels for U.S. soldiers after Japan’s surrender.
Honda rejected comparisons between the actions of the Japanese during the war and the Occupation forces. He said the Japanese “comfort women” system was set up and sanctioned by the Japanese government and military.
“It’s different,” he said. “This is the military of the Imperial government, the Imperial military’s policy, in capturing, coercing and kidnapping girls and women for the purpose of sexual slavery.”
Honda said it was important learn the U.S. military’s role in the postwar system.
Important to whom, I wonder. . .
Sigh. What percent of the comfort women were sold into that life by their parents, since girl children were often despised for not being boys? What percent of Koreans and Chinese are extremely anti-Japanese now, but were cooperative with the Imperial Army at the time? What war ended with the victors framing the way history looked at the facts more than the losers? So, it stands to reason that not everything any Korean or Chinese person, who are terribly brainwashed by their societies, is always true.
And a big “Wha?” about the U.S. soldiers thing. Of course there were brothels, what do you think, soldiers were or are saints? (The lack of any place to have sex, coupled with the stupid ban on pr0n of any kind by the military, has to be part of why were going to lose in Iraq.) I’ve seen pictures of the Japanese prostitutes servicing U.S. soldiers after the war, they’re interesting to see, from an informational perspective.
It’s clear to me that this guy has lots of Asian voters and is just going for an angle with them.
May 5th, 2007 at 9:46 pmDiggin’ own grave: Rep. Mike Honda
via More from the Comfort Congressman and an article [in Japanese] from Sankei Shinbun.
May 6th, 2007 at 12:42 amU.S. lawmaker wants probe of postwar brothels - The Japan Times
WASHINGTON (AP) A U.S. lawmaker said Thursday he wants a closer look at reports that American auth…
I think the problem is more about Abe’s views that pretty much none of the “comfort women” were coerced. Also his views on history textbook reform are questionable at best. The extreme-right of the LDP has been gaining momentum and I guess Congress is making a little attempt to push them back.
However, this meddling in Japan’s internal affairs/foreign policy is also a clear violation of Japan’s sovereignty. What Japan does within it’s borders is it’s own business as long as it does not directly affect other sovereign countries in a bad way.
May 6th, 2007 at 7:30 am[...] spending it in Korea for reasons you may not expect.- Congressman Mike Honda has now commented on comfort women in Japan for US soldiers after World War II. To sum things up, he could care less. I do wish Congressman [...]
May 6th, 2007 at 10:31 amI don’t know, Mike Honda is a really honorable guy, and very liberal. I think he is genuine in this issue, the fact that he is Japanese-American certainly plays a part, just as many German Americans are extra sensitive about the Holocaust, even though they like Representative Honda’s ancestors came to America long before the atrocities done in the name of their ancestral nationality. Honda is very unlikely to be angling for votes, he has an incredibly safe seat down in San Jose. I think this has nothing to do with any ulterior motive, he is a long time crusader. He has always been very attuned to “minority” issues, for example treatment of Muslim Americans.
Whether you agree with this crusade or not, I think it is wrong to attribute dishonorable motives to him.
I am pretty conservative, and while I lived in the adjacent 12th district, I supported his opponent in the 2000 and 2002 election. While (for completely different reasons than this stuff) I am in no way a fan of Honda the politician I have, and anypne who knows Mike Honda have always considered him a really upstanding guy.
May 6th, 2007 at 6:12 pm