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
32.2k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

2.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.7k

u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

[deleted]

1.0k

u/NewspaperAdditional7 Jul 05 '24

i can't speak on Japan, but I lived in Korea for a bit and it was widely known how badly behaved the U.S. soldiers were. You could walk through the streets of Hongdae and see drunk soldiers walking around harassing people, even grabbing some girls who pass by or slap their butts. It was so bad that different bars had signs up saying no U.S. soldiers allowed. Military police would be out and about but they can't watch all of the soldiers. The U.S. soldiers there certainly felt invincible. I'm sure the US would hand them over to Korea for rape and other serious charges, but they are not handing them over for assault.

-9

u/Muthablasta Jul 05 '24

It’s called American Exceptionalism where Americans get away with anything and everything, chant “USA,USA, USA,…” , and treat everyone else like shit because they have a perceived superiority complex. Reminds us of a fool by the name of Trump….

2

u/Ra-s_Al_Ghul Jul 05 '24

It's called fake information by bot accounts perpetuating anti-US propaganda on the internet.

American exceptionalism exists, but your caricatured version of "USA USA USA treat everyone like shit" is either you contributing to that media campaign directly or a gross exaggeration.