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Entry: The Good War: A Cautionary Tale Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_good_war_a_cautionary_tale#29253 Post contents: Unfortunately most comments were from a western, more specifically American perspective. Chou En Lai and many Asians have a much different interpretation. Chou told James Reston, ex-sportswriter and most influential political columnist of his generation, that the United States suffered comparitively little in both world Wars and benefitted greatly. Reston after hearing Chou still hated the Japanese wrote that he was gladdened that Americans do not hate, but that we forget. This moronic remark exemplifies the abysmal perspective that the American media brings to world events. Once again I remind readers that Hirohito's Japan killed far more Chinese than Hitler's Germans killed Slavs and Jews. Once again the US was the great supplier of the Japanese war machine for much of that time. Sent at: 2009 01 08