Recently several books by Anne Frank were vandalized in libraries in Tokyo.  Japanese authorities vow to bring the culprits to justice.  The Israeli ambassador to Japan rushed to assure the world that Israel assumes that the average Japanese does not sympathize with the destroyers.  The ugly word “anti-Semitic” was hardly ever used by anyone who spoke in public about this event.  This raises the question: if this destructive act was not anti-Semitic, what was it? One must know the twisted history of current grudges in Asia to figure out the likely answer. There are several high-pressure issues threatening to break into open and violent storms in East Asia in our time.  China has several of its neighboring countries in a rage over China's claims of sovereignty over a large body of water, its islands, and its airspace.  North Korea is building missiles and nuclear weapons.  South Korea and China are complaining loudly about...(Read Full Article)