Interesting lack of commentary on Tony Abbott's speech in Parliament last week where he claimed that Australians in WWII "admired" the Japanese "sense of honour". It's a rather outlandish claim which I would have expected to draw plenty of flak, but it seems only the RSL and the Chinese are offended:
http://www.news.com.au/national/tony...-1226984686363
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2...ns-wwii-skills
Any thoughts here on MLU...? I guess it's difficult to comment without being seen to vilify the Japanese. Perhaps Abbott was banking on that.