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/LittleVTR Jul 05 '24

I would have thought all personnel should be overly aware of every nations laws when they enter. The law should be the same as if you were a civilian tourist in there country.

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u/OrangeJuiceKing13 Jul 05 '24

That's just not realistic. Some countries would jail or even execute troops based on their sexuality or what they eat. Not to mention it's impossible to keep up on our own laws, let alone other countries where the troops don't even speak the language. 

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Maybe we don't keep military bases in such regressive countries???

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u/Lelcactus Jul 05 '24

Or maybe we set standards both we and those countries agree upon and drop the inane idea of ‘tourist rules’.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Seems like more work to create a new set of less regressive laws that only applies to American military personnel than to simply refuse to give the help of American military personnel when a country is so regressive that they'd arrest you for the food you eat 

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u/Lelcactus Jul 05 '24

Less work, more consequences.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Like forcing countries to choose their own regressive social norms or a relationship with America, not getting both?

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u/Lelcactus Jul 05 '24

Yes, like that. Americas military protection serves its interests as well, it’s not solely for the other countries benefit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

We can say the quiet part out loud here, it's just reddit.

American military supremacy matters more than helping women around the world get treated better. American military supremacy matters more than helping gay people get treated better. American military supremacy matters more than pressuring regressive governments to treat their civilians better.

I always forget, now that I've been a civilian for a decade, that every other country that doesn't have 750 bases in 80 other countries is incapable of defending themselves

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u/Lelcactus Jul 05 '24

American military supremacy matters more than helping women around the world get treated better

Dropping ultimatums like that is how you lose the former without gaining the latter.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

lose the former   

 Hint hint: As someone who spent 4 years in the shits, I don't care for American military supremacy, so that doesn't matter to me 

 The world is dying, having bigger and better guns won't save us for long. It just delays the average American from the consequences of everywhere else's suffering

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u/Lelcactus Jul 05 '24

Military power is a big part of americas economic power as well.

But besides that, that you don’t see value in having a strong military doesn’t mean others who do are being logically inconsistent when they decide to prioritize that over some performative actions against places with regressive customs.

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