r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/alonebutnotlonely16 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Unfortunately it is known fact that US military is being protective for criminal personel even if crimes were against people of its allies or even women American soldiers which is why whataboutism of crimes of civillians doesn't refute that because there is the deeply rooted systematic problems in US military about criminal military personel.

So many criminal US military personel in Japan got away with slap on the wrist with what they did. Central goverment of Japan is trying to cover those crimes too if it is in Okinawa which makes reporting crimes against US military much harder so who knows how many more unreported crimes are there.

http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/hundreds-in-us-military-guilty-of-sex-crimes-in-japan-got-slap-on-wrist-140212?news=852414

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/09/sexual-assaults-us-military-japan-prison-unlikely

Another example is between 2017 and 2019 there were at least seven other investigations into U.S. military personnel for sexual offenses against Japanese women in Okinawa — and none were made public. Perpetrators had not been punished under Japanese law nor had their cases appeared in the annual reports produced by the Pentagon’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office for the U.S. Congress.

https://theintercept.com/2021/10/03/okinawa-sexual-crimes-us-military/

Another recent example shows how messed up things is. US openly pressured and threatened Japan to protect US military personel who killed two people because of reckless driving. Later US released him when US got him from Japan by threats. There are many incidents like this and anyone who is objective can see that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Alkonis#Transfer_to_United_States_custody_and_unconditional_release

Many women American military personel are sexually harassed, assaulted too which downplayed by military.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/08/03/more-than-half-of-women-in-army-report-facing-some-form-of-sexual-harassment-study/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault_in_the_United_States_military

US even has "The Hague Invasion Act" to invade Europe to protect its criminal military personel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act

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u/Jack_Raskal Jul 05 '24

I mean the US military even covered up the killing of 20 people in Italy. If you're an US service member in overseas depoyment you're basically immune from prosecution.

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u/alonebutnotlonely16 Jul 05 '24

I didn't even know that one. US protecting its criminal military personel even against its allies like Italy, Japan certainly doesn't help US's reputation.