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December 1, 2009 - 4:43 am - by Richard Fernandez
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2009-12-01 12:57:50

23. Achillea: I think you missed the point about..

“I’m always worried about using the word ‘victory,’ because, you know, it invokes this notion of Emperor Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to MacArthur,”

Hirohito did not sign the document, two lesser officials did. I assume the Cannonneer was using the quote as an aside to The One’s total ignorance of things historical.