OPINION: What Shinzo Abe taught me about strong relationships
Abe was a thinker who reflected on political and personal setbacks and utilized them as fuel for success. And he was a true friend of America who always took the time to meet or call me regarding matters of importance to him and his country, in order to ensure that"America understands." His death one year ago was a truly terrible loss.
We must ensure Abe’s tragic passing is not the end of his noble work, for the challenges he strove against remain. In recent years, democracies around the world have experienced a disturbing new trend of censorship, especially regarding the repression of expression, diversity of thought, and opinion.As a former solider and officer in the U.S. Army, I served on the front lines of the Cold War and knew full well that our adversaries expected the Western world to fail.
Abe once told me a story about how he came to see the relationship between the USA and Japan."Mike," he said,"you’ll recall that just 25 years ago your country saw Japan as a threat. I learned early that economics governed by rules lead nations to build, not destroy, and America would be our partner in the effort to build."
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