Prodding a Sleeping Tiger
2015-01-28 - by
ISIS lined up a firing squad to machine-gun 13 teenage boys for watching a soccer game (which violates Sharia Law).
They flung two men off a tower in Mosul (they were homosexuals).
They threatened to cut off two hostages’ heads unless Japan paid $200 million then, when the ransom wasn’t paid, they killed one hostage.
Throughout its history Japan has made an art form of revenge – a samurai wielding a sword could cut off a head in a heartbeat and no other samurai would blink an eye.
Japan has peacefully minded its own business since 1945 but, before that, an angry Japanese soldier was a pitiless enemy. Teenage boys can’t fight back. But taunting Japan may be prodding a sleeping tiger.
Prodding a Sleeping Tiger
2015-01-28/
ISIS lined up a firing squad to machine-gun 13 teenage boys for watching a soccer game (which violates Sharia Law).
They flung two men off a tower in Mosul (they were homosexuals).
They threatened to cut off two hostages’ heads unless Japan paid $200 million then, when the ransom wasn’t paid, they killed one hostage.
Throughout its history Japan has made an art form of revenge – a samurai wielding a sword could cut off a head in a heartbeat and no other samurai would blink an eye.
Japan has peacefully minded its own business since 1945 but, before that, an angry Japanese soldier was a pitiless enemy. Teenage boys can’t fight back. But taunting Japan may be prodding a sleeping tiger.