Obama to sorry for american ww2 "war crimes"

[XShipRider]

But if Reagan does it, he´s in the clear zone...

Unlikely to happen.

[little icebear]

Unlikely to happen.

[Xaito]

if Obama pulls it off he'll be one step closer to not making European hypocrisy-detectors go off scale next time he tries to play upholder of moral standards.

[wasser]

Personally, I'll wait to see what Obama actually says before burning him at the stake.

However, the article itself is quite bias in its writing. It's interesting that the article mentions the fire bombing of Dresden and the grossly inflated 250,000 civilian death toll. A German commission of 13 historians concluded the total didn't exceed 25,000. It was a tragedy for sure, but the point is how the article clings to the propaganda numbers.

I couldn't find any information about the claim of the killing of 3,000 Milice members, nor am I sure what is meant by "the bridge over the Rhine River was bombed by an American B-29, killing over 300 fleeing refugees." As Linedoggie mentioned, there were no B-29s flying bombing missions in the ETO. Additionally, it'd be a very lucky crew if one bomber could take down a bridge on one mission. As for claiming the destruction of enemy infrastructure as a war crime, that is highly suspect.

And I couldn't find anything to substantiate the final claim of 30,000 Japanese deaths in Japanese American Internment camps. In fact, the only references I could find in a quick google search found only the OPs article.

A lie told a thousand times is still a lie.....

Quite true.

[deagle]

well, it wasn't near the scale of other atrocities, like holocaust or nanjing.

[Ngati Tumatauenga]

well, it wasn't near the scale of other atrocities, like holocaust or nanjing.

That's an excuse?

[LineDoggie]

Is there a Point to this?

After all Reagan was Greatly Criticized in the US Press for the visit.

[TR1]

Very mature thing to do, IMO.

[little icebear]

Is there a Point to this?

It was a response to XShipRider´s last comment.

[Arfah]

Will the German Government apologise for Guernica (kondor legion) Warsaw, Rotterdam, Coventry etc. ?
Should the British apologise for Caen, Cleves, Cologne, Hamburg, The Dams & Dresden ?
Have they already done so ?
Is it important ?
Who cares ?

Let's just learn from history and move on. Any apology would be a political act and not one of deepmost sincerity, so why bother ?

If Obama does apologise, it's only words. He could keep his fingers crossed !

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

How about I request an apology from the government of Italy for the way my German ancestors were treated under the Roman Empire.

I demand an apology from the British for their oppression of the American colonies.

Specifically, for my ancestor who was hanged by the authorities of the Royal Crown Colony of North Carolina.

[nevermind the part about him leading an armed rebellion against the government]

[Arfah]

I demand an apology from the British for their oppression of the American colonies.

Specifically, for my ancestor who was hanged by the authorities of the Royal Crown Colony of North Carolina.

[nevermind the part about him leading an armed rebellion against the government]

As soon as you've paid the U.K. all your owed taxes !

[LineDoggie]

As soon as you've paid up all your owed taxes !

If he does that Obama cant nominate him for a Cabinet position.........

[uTu]

guy on internet sez prez is devil muslim = outrage++ !!!
teleprompters smashed!

[Kilgor]

Before boarding the outrage bus, can we have this from another news source ?

Google news isn't showing up anything.