No further comments are necessary.
David

'What would we think if thousands of Japanese wanted to descend on Darwin to celebrate the [19 February 1942] bombing of Darwin?'
Did any Japs die in that event?

AIUI the Australians were in Vietnam to commemerate their fallen comrades, not to celebrate winning the battle. So perhaps a better analogy would be if former Japanese sailors and their relatives descended on Sydney to visit the graves of the midget submarine crew?

Mostly agree with Aidan on this one, And wouldn't resent respectful Japanese war survivors, their friends and relatives coming to solemnly commemorate and honor fallen comrades in a conflict where they were the defeated foe!

Moreover, our history doesn't seem to include being kept in the chain of command battle strategy loop by our larger more aggressive allies? And probably true and par for the course from Gallipoli onwards?

What we need to keep out, from Gallipoli to Long Tan is the "heroic" gung ho disrespectful media and their ever present predilection for scandal and sensationalization!
Alan B.

This writer is spot on on this episode in Vietnam.
However what's this about China and the refusal of them owning our power assets? What is he on about? Firstly the rest of Asia would not allow another country to buy their assets.
Still being a Green he has to insult and denigrate Australia and Australians every chance he gets! Disgusting matey. These racists need to be called out because it is racist for this idiot to denigrate Australia in this way. You can wallow in your own self professed guilt but keep the rest of us out of your grubby life.

Silly Willy just wanted to demonstrate his anti-Australianism.

As a matter of fact, thousands of Japanese visit the Pearl Harbor memorial every year, in groups of 20-30 virtually every day. I've seen them there myself and saw nothing objectionable in their behaviour, though I'm told that there are occasionally individuals who behave somewhat poorly: loud talk and laughter, mainly.

For those who might not know, the Pearl Harbor memorial has been built above and adjacent to the USS Arizona, which is a war grave containing the bodies of many Americans.

But the Americans tolerate the Japanese visitors because we all know who lost the battle but won the war. The Viets could choose to take a similar view.