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Japan stays elusive on U.S. base issue, although Gates visit imminent
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Honestly, I still don't understand why the United States is making threats that bilateral relations between Japan and the United States will go bad over the relocation of a military facility.. This sounds really ridiculous. I mean.. Mutual trust and strong bilateral ties should not be even slightly affected by the actions of relocating a military facility, unless the relationship is extremely fragile to begin with. Once the nuclear weapons are abolished, people might use those huge amounts of funding for some new projects such as developing mechas.. The Wing Zero's Twin Buster Rifle does a better against any nuclear weapon against killer comets. |
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2009-10-19, 10:36 | Link #4423 | |
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Anyone want to guess what China's response would be?
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2009-10-20, 10:16 | Link #4427 | ||
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Gates: 'No Alternatives' to US-Japan Security Accord
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2009-10-20, 10:26 | Link #4428 | ||
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2009-10-20, 11:24 | Link #4429 | |
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2009-10-20, 11:46 | Link #4430 | |
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The Japanese people have thrown out the "good old boys" ... and Mr. Gates needs to get off his f'ing horse and deal with that (and that's speaking as a voting American). I found that quote of his pretty insulting.
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2009-10-20, 13:35 | Link #4431 | |
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2009-10-20, 16:38 | Link #4432 |
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If justice can't be brought to him he must be brought to justice (literally). Knowing the german judicative system and how people with high social status are more likely to have the odds on their side in a court... I guess I would have done the same. Actually I would not have waited another 10 years.
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2009-10-20, 22:56 | Link #4434 | ||
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I see this as being a first step in the U.S. attempting to get as much out of the Japanese government before moving its Pacific-based forces to, say, Hawaii and Guam in the form of a moving subsidy and future considerations. Very shortsighted of the Pentagon and the White House, IMHO, if so. Having a base in Japan as well as ones in South Korea, Hawaii and Guam makes more sense to protect your troops by distributing them. You can also threaten both the USSR and, if necessary, China from multiple directions. In the current thinking, neither is really needed now. U.S. sperm donor passed on genes for sudden cardiac death Quote:
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2009-10-21, 09:55 | Link #4435 | |
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2009-10-21, 13:03 | Link #4436 | |
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Anyway this movie is a good thing and I hope they will show it in Japan too
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And sometimes we're just itching for a any reason--real or not--to expand influence, previously under the rationale of "fighting communism" and now "fighting terrorism". So not only did we again back a tyrant in Vietnam (Diem) just because he was anti-communist, it's been revealed that the whole Gulf of Tonkin incident which sparked the war was a complete fabrication! Quote:
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2009-10-21, 17:03 | Link #4438 | |
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2009-10-21, 22:05 | Link #4439 | |
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Gates urges Japan to decide on U.S. base issue before Obama visit
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I do understand your point of view which is mere selfishness. Yes, if the American soldiers relocate to anywhere else, they will be seen by North Korea or China but so what? There are already tons of Chinese agents within the American government, what makes letting their soldiers and their equipment seen by China so special? In fact, is getting American soldiers and military equipment seen by China more important of an issue than the cries of Okinawans who have their everyday life enjoyment taken away from them? I know the United States is an ally and everything but their importance should not be valued on top of Okinawans. If there should be unfair relations, the new government of Japan should rank the Okinawans above American soldiers; definitely not the other way around. Quote:
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What do you mean by "at this stage"? Something the United States has came up with all by themselves along with the pro-Americans definitely don't mean people have to agree to without reviewing it first? Delaying the relocation is much better than making hasty decisions that causes problem afterwards. |
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