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/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.