Obama goes to Hiroshima, and naturally, screws it up

[scottw]

Originally Posted by wdmso

WOW funny to see people hold a grudge against the Japanese..over a war that was Fought 71 years ago ! do you still hate the British and the french or Germans for past wars and battles and gas chambers and other atrocities

of course not they are European

no grudge or hate.....things turned out as well for the Japanese as could have been expected given all that transpired and what may have been.... same for the Germans


seems like racism and hate must play a part in the narrative to help maintain it for some

[scottw]

if Obama wants to be productive and make some "CHANGE" before he goes on permanent vacation...he should put his nose in the air and fly on over to his hometown and drop a little of that professorial brilliance on an area that he is actually familiar with and that truly needs it


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