Japan

My guess is that [former Korean sex workers] chose to frame the U.S. military prostitution issue to ride the coattails of the Japanese ‘comfort women’ or 'jeongsindae' movement. They could have assumed — I have no proof — that there might be public sympathy or understanding, since the Japanese ‘comfort women’ issue is well-known nationally and internationally. But I think it was a mistake to choose that term. It undercuts the jeongsindae case and confuses the public.

The main difference [in the Arlington National Cemetery-Yasukuni Shrine comparison] is that Japan [was] subject to an international judicial process to hold it to account for what its military and government did during the war years. That process is what makes Class A war criminals such a point of contention. Confederate soldiers rose in rebellion against their own government and any crimes they may have been responsible for were against fellow Americans, not against foreigners.