tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post8932224950471433236..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Historian or Hysterian?George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-78606681909490990822010-03-16T03:03:42.520-04:002010-03-16T03:03:42.520-04:00Hollywood needs to read the book "The Rape of...Hollywood needs to read the book "The Rape of Nanking"...<br /><br />or ask about the atrocities that killed ten to twenty thousand Filipino soldiers in the Bataan death march, or about the quarter million civilians who were killed in Manila during the Japanese retreat. Yes, some were caught in the "cross fire" but many were simply massacred for no reason.<br /><br />It wasn't "white racism" that inspired Pinoys like my husband and his brother to pick up rifles to oppose the Japanese, it was things like having civilians shot in front of their house, or having one of their relatives tortured to death because he was suspected of helping the Americans.Nancy Reyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910134058143426327noreply@blogger.com