Friday, May 27, 2005
Blind faith and loyalty
Posted by:
Hammer / 10:55 AM
I suppose there's quite a bit of good that stems from faith and loyalty. We all want our friends and spouses to be faithful and loyal. But blind faith and loyalty -- where does that get you?
Sixty years in the jungle, if these guys are to be believed:
Ten weeks short of the 60th anniversary of Tokyo's second world war surrender, diplomats were today investigating claims that two octagenarian Japanese soldiers had emerged from the mountains of the southern Philippines.
According to Japanese media reports, the men were separated from their division six decades ago. Although they wanted to return home, they feared they would face a court martial for withdrawing from action.
But attempts to prove the identities of the two one way or the other suffered a setback when they failed to attend a meeting with Japanese embassy officials on the island of Mindanao.