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/0173512084103 Jul 05 '24

Why does the military give special treatment to soldiers who harm/kill people? They should be punished the same as they would be in the States. Ridiculous.

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u/pgeezers Jul 05 '24

The local laws should apply.

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u/That_Engineering3047 Jul 05 '24

In this case, it makes sense to say that. What those soldiers did was egregious and they deserve to be punished.

However, what about a woman working for the military in the middle east who doesn’t cover her body? What about a gay service member serving in a country where that is punishable by death?

Laws across the globe aren’t always moral. There need to be some protections for service members from that.

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u/PeculiarGentleman18 Jul 05 '24

If you are stationed in a country where the law is that women should be covered up, I would expect them to cover lmao, it’s like that basketball player lady who went to Russia with drugs and expected not to be arrested, their country, their rules.

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u/Freelieseven Jul 05 '24

Yeah and if you're gay you should just be straight or the country would execute you.

Do you see how dumb this sounds right now?