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The Potsdam Declaration and Shinzo Abe

By Zhao Jinglun: 0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, July 28, 2014

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[By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn]

Let us recall President Truman's speech to the American people on August 12, 1945:

"We have used [the atom bomb] against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international law of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war…."

Obama and his aides have forgotten or purposely ignored all that and are aiding and abetting Shinzo Abe in his efforts to revive Japanese militarism.

Japan has altered the three principles governing its weapons exports, and is cooperating with the United States, Britain and Australia in joint weapons development and production.

That too is in violation of Potsdam Declaration Article 11, which states: "Japan shall be permitted to maintain such industries as will sustain her economy…, but not those which would enable her to re-arm for war." Japan's rearming is proceeding apace.

So the fundamental question is: Why is the Obama administration aiding and abetting Shinzo Abe's Japan in its efforts to subvert the post-World War II anti-fascist world order, which scores of millions of people sacrificed their lives for?

The Obama administration owes the world and American people, and World War II veterans in particular, an explanation.

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