Mr.Noritake,
I am aware of everything to which you refer.
I have worked with Japanese and visited Japan on numerous occasions.
I will not descend to ad hominem attack other than to suggest that you may be a troll.

Pointing out where your argument contains obvious flaws or noting that you seem to adopt a simplistic view of complex circumstances does not, to me, suggest an ad hominem attack. But we're all different. If you felt personally slighted, please accept my sincere apology for my choice of words.

Nevertheless, the basis of my argument stands.

OP:-
The General in question was General Seishiro Itagaki and the Tribunal that tried him (principally for War Crimes in Manchuria, as well as the catch all of waging aggressive war), was held under the authority of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (ie MacArthur) rather than Supreme Commander South East Asia Command (ie Mountbatten). If the British were out for revenge for surrendering Singapore they would have hung Yama****a, they didn't, the Americans did.

Tomohisa Yama****a - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seishir? Itagaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rather bemused by this departure from the thread OP re pilots involved in Extraordinary Rendition, or even the wider theme of the legality (none!) of Extraordinary Rendition itself and what is to become of those still held in Extraordinary Rendition, but you are the OP and the mods are the mods so...

PS Did I mention Extraordinary Rendition?

Thank you for your link to an Asian pop star, though I suspect you meant this:

Tomoyuki Yama****a - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But you are correct about one thing; apart from the Yama****a Standard - which may well apply in the circumstances surrounding my original question in this thread - as I said some time ago perhaps this thread has run its course.

Ha ha! Sorry, I obviously got the wrong man. I remember once being taken into a Japanese Variety Theatre in the Ginza, Tokyo. The turn that was on I can only describe as a Japanese Morecombe and Wise act and was completely unintelligible to me. Nonetheless when the whole house burst into loud and prolonged laughter one was swept along with it. It truly is infectious!

Well there you are, from Extraordinary Rendition to Comedy. I'm sure there's a lesson there somewhere, but Lord knows where!

Mr. Noritake,

You are the originator of this thread. If you think it has run its course then simply delete the very first post and the entire thread will disappear.

If you elect not to do this, the implication is that you are happy for the thread to continue, even if nothing more of value is added to it (which I personally agree is the most likely outcome!).