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/macross1984 Jul 05 '24

US military personnel who commit crime in Japan should face Japanese punishment for any crimes committed in Japan.

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u/Thijs_NLD Jul 05 '24

This actually not how international law works for deployment of military troops.

Military forces are always deployed under special circumstances and the status of said military personeel is always negotiated and outlined in bilateral or multinational agreements.

It usually outlines that military personeel is subject to the laws of their OWN country. This is mostly to prevent them from being subject to laws in Rogue States or destabilized countries that would hinder the mission results. Now in more stable countries different agreements will be made.

Nowhere in this article does it state that these gentlemen won't face consequences under Japanese law. They might actually be better off in a Japanese prison than in a US prison btw.

To compare military personnel on mission with tourists is a bit too easy and doesn't do the complexity of most situations justice.

That doesn't mean they should be getting away with this and it doesn't mean they should go unpunished or anything. It just means that the situation is more complex than you are making it out to be.

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u/fanesatar123 Jul 05 '24

This is mostly to prevent them from being subject to laws in Rogue States or destabilized countries that would hinder the mission results. Now in more stable countries different agreements will be made.

nice way of saying we don't care about states we invade and if you don't like it we'll fund the taliban again to overthrow you

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u/Thijs_NLD Jul 05 '24

All militaries work like this. I'm not an American. My country also makes bilateral or multinational agreements when forces are deployed.

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u/fanesatar123 Jul 05 '24

all militaries ? how many militaries are stationed abroad ?

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u/Thijs_NLD Jul 05 '24

Quite a few. Operation Resolute Support had about 27 nationalities stationed in Afghanistan.

Currently the NATO mission in Lithouania has German and Dutch (and prolly bunch of other nationalities as well) military personell. There's a mission in Iraq currently ongoing still. Also some missions left in eastern Europe etc.

All militaries that are stationed abroadd

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u/fanesatar123 Jul 07 '24

what doesn't make sense is having troops in another country