マイケル・ヨンとケント・ギルバートの慰安婦正論 |
アメリカの気鋭ジャーナリスト、マイケル・ヨンの立論です。
慰安婦問題で、韓国や日本の左翼が振りまく虚偽にノーを突きつける論客が、アメリカ人の中から次々出つつあることを慶びたい。やはり、日本から正論を発することを諦めてはならないということだ。外務省的な敗北主義は、自らを袋小路に追い込むばかりである。
ケント・ギルバート氏が下記ブログで紹介するマイケル・ヨンの一文など、英語原文でさらに拡散したい。
■マイケル・ヨン氏の記事の日本語訳(二カ国語) 2014-11-29
http://ameblo.jp/workingkent/entry-11958461771.html
Michael Yon
Japan-Korea:Were Korean Men Cowards during World War II?
A vexing question
There are growing, unsubstantiated questions about whether the Japanese Imperial Army kidnapped 200,000 sex-slaves (ComfortWomen) in World War II. Mostly from Korea.
A$30 million US Government Study specifically searched for evidence on Comfort Women allegations.
After nearly seven years with many dozens of staff pouring through US archives -- and 30 million dollars down the drain --we found a grand total of nothing.
Thefinal IWG report to Congress was issued in 2007. (Linked below.)
Nobody should be writing about Comfort Womenissues without reading this report cover to cover.
Manyof the unsubstantiated claims are coming from Korea. Korean allegations haveled to unexpected twists.
Atthe time, Korea was actually part of Japan -- roughly in the way that Puerto Rico is part of the USA.
ManyKoreans were members of the Japanese military. So any allegations that the Japanese military kidnapped 200,000 women implies that Koreans were involved inkidnapping Koreans. This is an uncomfortable reality. It gets even moreuncomfortable.
Sotoday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye constantly accuses Japan ofkidnapping these shiploads of women.
Imagine how this boomerangs back. PresidentPark is saying that Japan -- and her daddy was an officer in the Japanese Armyat the time -- kidnapped uncounted tens of thousands of women from Korea assex-slaves. Yet there is no evidence that Korean men fought back.
During the war, Korea had a population ofabout 23 million. Today, Texas has a population of about 26 million.
Imagine trying to kidnap 200,000 Texas women.There would be a bloodbath. The Army would lose thousands of soldiers, andthousands of civilians no doubt would have been slaughtered in return.
Evidence would be everywhere. Photos. Films.Battle sites. Texans would never allow 200,000 women to be stolen and rapedwithout making a river of blood. So President Park is essentially saying Koreanmen during World War II were a bunch of cowards.
Alsoimagine this from the perspective of a Japanese military General or Admiral. Heis at war with the USA, Australia, Britain, China, and more. His hands arefull. The USA in particular is on the march with our Navy and Marines, and weare smashing Japan anywhere we can find Japanese.
Allgenerals always want more troops and supplies. That is a fact of life. Just askany General. Ask any business leader what he or she needs to expand or defendagainst competition: They always want more resources.
What kind of fool General would dedicate the resources to kidnap, guard, transport, and feed 200,000 women, knowing that he is creating yet another war to fight?
The Japanese were highly advanced military thinkers. They made their owns ubmarines, airplanes, and aircraft carriers. These were serious people, and super smart.
There is no way that Generals would dedicate those resources to kidnapping women when the US military and allies weremarching down their throats. They had a war to fight -- this was not Spring Break.
Any serious military or business person can see the folly in common sense of kidnapping 200,000 women. It does not make sense, and would have created a new war in Korea -- which was a base for Japanese recruitment. Koreans were fighting Americans. Koreans were our enemy.
And back to Korean men. It would be horrific to see the US Army try to kidnap 200,000 Texas women -- especially so considering that many US military membersare Texans, just as many Koreans were Japanese Soldiers.
Texas would rise up and start smashing theArmy. Bridges would blow up. Soldiers would be shot every day. Bases would burn. The Army would fight back and there would be total war.
So are we to believe that Korean men are such cowards that nobody lifted a hand to defend their women? Because if they allowed these many women to be kidnapped, they are cowards, and their sons today had cowards for fathers.
Thereality is that we know that Koreans are no cowards. Koreans are a courageouspeople. So what really happened? It is clear from source documents, and thecommon sense that every water buffalo possesses, that there was no mass kidnapping.
It's all a lie, and no matter how much someone hates Japan, it will always be a lie.
Please read the IWG report that practically nobody seems to know exists. If you do not have time for the whole report, do a search inside the report for Comfort Women, and carefully read those parts:
http://www.archives.gov/iwg/reports/final-report-2007.pdf