Japanese minister Taro Aso praises Hitler, saying he had 'right motives'

[Doug the Dem]

Source: The Guardian

Wednesday 30 August 2017 00.46 EDT

Japan’s finance minister, Taro Aso, has courted fresh controversy after expressing admiration for the Nazis, describing Adolf Hitler as “having the right motives”.

“Hitler, who killed millions of people, was no good even if his motive was right,” Aso told a meeting of his faction of the governing Liberal Democratic party, according to Jiji Press.

Aso retracted the comments on Wednesday after criticism that he appeared to be defending Hitler’s motives for the genocide of millions of Jews during the second world war.

“It is clear from my overall remarks that I regard Hitler in extremely negative terms, and it’s clear that his motives were also wrong,” Aso said in a statement, adding that he did not intend to defend Hitler, but to stress the importance of politicians achieving results.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/30/japan-minister-tara-aso-praises-hitler-right-motives

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Aso? Asshole!

[GeoWilliam750]

1. And he is a Catholic as well

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D

Quite the colorful biography.

Also not the first time he has expressed admiration for the Nazis

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/02/world/asia/japan-politician-nazi-comment/index.html

And how Prisoners of War in slave labor conditions thanked the Aso company after the war for working there.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/05/29/issues/aso-minings-pow-labor-the-evidence/#.WaagcygjGUk

His extended family and the family of Shinzo Abe have controlled Japan for about a third to half of Japan's postwar period, and much of the pre-war period.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. As dey say in Brooklyn, "make uppa you mind!"

"no good even if his motive was right"

"I regard Hitler in extremely negative terms, and it’s clear that his motives were also wrong"