White House spokesman John Earnest has a message for World War II veterans unhappy with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s scheduled visit to Pearl Harbor: Get over it already.

Earnest told reporters today it’s natural for vets to feel “personally embittered,” he also said they should get aside their feelings for the good of the collective.

“If I were a World War II veteran who was drafted by the United States military to go and fight for our country overseas in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, I might feel quite embittered,” Earnest said.

“And I think it would be a perfectly natural and understandable human reaction to not be particularly satisfied with the words of the Japanese Prime Minister.”

He added, “And so, yes, there may be some who feel personally embittered.”

“But I’m confident that many will set aside their own personal bitterness, not because they’re personally satisfied by the words of the Prime Minister, but because they recognize how important this moment is for the United States.”

There is no record of Earnest ever serving in the military, so it’s hard to know how he would know how it feels to be a veteran.

Abe will be the first Japanese leader to visit the location attacked by his country on December 7, 1941 that triggered America’s entrance into the Second World War.

He, along with President Obama, will visit Pearl Harbor in late December, CNN reports.