Japan and WW2: You Gotta Have 'せ'

惨禍を繰り返さ「せ」ない　高市首相の式辞に加わった1文字への懸念 From the Asahi. Let's consider 繰り返す: it means 'repeat'. So, what Takaichi is really saying is that Japan's actions in the buildup to and during WW2 were not offensive or aggressive- not 侵略戦争- but defensive- 自衛戦争。Thus, the PM pledges not to incite ("させない") a foreign country to provike Japan into repeating a war of self-defense. (She does try hard, that one.) This is patently false, a flagrant attempt at revisionism, a grave insult to historical truth. In the classical sense, an error. As the victims of Japan's aggression well know, and remember. Is it any wonder, then, that those brutalized by Japan should doubt its leaders' sincerity? Even now, 81 years later?