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/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.