Japan Bristles at Clinton's Stance on 'Comfort Women'

[sufrommich]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has upset key ally Japan by reportedly demanding that all official documents refer to women drafted as prostitutes for the Japanese military during World War II as "enforced sex slaves" rather than by the euphemism "comfort women."

The Nelson Report, which is widely read in Washington political circles, reported that Clinton is interested in the issue and considers the treatment of the victims a serious human rights violation. According to a diplomatic source in Seoul, Clinton recently objected to the term "comfort women" when she was briefed by a State Department official.

A State Department official stopped short of confirming the decision on Monday but said the treatment of the women was "deplorable."

The periodical said Clinton's decision shocked Japanese officials, who interpret it as siding with Korea and other countries whose citizens were also drafted as "comfort women."


http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/07/11/2012071100703.html

[seabeyond]

1. "enforced sex slaves" rather than by the euphemism "comfort women."

THANK YOU hillary. thank you. so much. i hate that bullshit comfort fuckin crap women comment. yes.

[seabeyond]

2. give yourself a record. hillary deserves it. nt

[SDjack]

3. Thank you Sec. Clinton. The imperial Japan of WWII was evil, and it's wrong

for modern Japan to defend it.

[braddy]

4. Well done, this was way, way, overdue (by decades)

[sufrommich]

5. I agree. nt

[redqueen]

6. It's a damn shame it took this long.

Thank you, Hillary Clinton.

[seabeyond]

7. didnt you just cringe, every time you heard comfort woman. wasnt it so fuckin disgustly

excusing rape and sex slavery.

[Bonobo]

8. The phrase "soldier" should also be done away with.

I suggest that they should be called "enforced murder slave".

[seabeyond]

9. yes bonobo, i think most all of us would agree that we do not want to force OUR sons

to military duty.

what we have today, is men and women volunteering to be soldiers. and still, i think most all of us are opposed to sending those men and women over to kill and be killed.

there is no need to dismiss girls and women that are stolen from their homes to be raped and used by men.

surely you do not feel that need to dismiss these girls and womens suffering.

[Bonobo]

10. I certainly do not wish to dismiss their suffering.

What I do find the need to do, from time to time, is to point out that the less examined immorality of sending our sons (and increasingly daughters) to become murderers.

I believe the issues are utterly intertwined and must be seen as part of a larger whole.

[seabeyond]

11. preachin' to the choir. this is still du, even in all its newness. nt