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hack89 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-08 11:36 AM
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4. That's the last thing they want
it would be the end of their pacifistic constitution and most likely result in a serious Asian arms race. It would undoubtedly result in a nuclear Japan.
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  -13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier Newsjock  Jul-13-08 09:56 AM   #0 
  - I can only wish they would kick the US out of their territory.  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 11:25 AM   #1 
  - Why?  Mudoria   Jul-13-08 11:32 AM   #3 
  - WHY? What do we need all those military bases all over the world for?  RC   Jul-13-08 11:43 AM   #5 
  - 10's of thousands ?  RantinRavin   Jul-13-08 12:47 PM   #16 
     - That's not the only overblown estimate  The Croquist   Jul-13-08 01:40 PM   #20 
  - Why should we spend our fuel and money to be the world police?  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 12:13 PM   #7 
  - Why??? Because it's NOT our Country!  Megahurtz   Jul-15-08 01:55 PM   #51 
  - That's the last thing they want  hack89   Jul-13-08 11:36 AM   #4 
  - If we have our navy there then they already have nukes.  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 12:14 PM   #9 
     - If they kick our navy out then they will get their own. nt  hack89   Jul-13-08 12:15 PM   #10 
        - So we don't mind that communist China has nukes but we still don't want Japan to have nukes?  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 12:24 PM   #13 
        - They don't necessarily want nukes  hack89   Jul-13-08 01:37 PM   #19 
        - Terms for surrender of Japan  michreject   Jul-17-08 08:35 AM   #66 
        - So you're saying ....  Plucketeer   Jul-13-08 12:35 PM   #15 
           - Japan subsidizes our presence to the tune of many millions of dollars  hack89   Jul-13-08 01:43 PM   #21 
           - I doubt that Japan pays the entire bill for us to have our military there.  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 09:10 PM   #35 
           - $2.8 billion in 1990  hack89   Jul-13-08 10:29 PM   #39 
           - You've got it backwards: their country, their obligation.  Romulox   Jul-15-08 02:26 PM   #54 
              - You are assuming that the US has no strategic interests  hack89   Jul-15-08 04:38 PM   #57 
                 - No, I am asserting that.  Romulox   Jul-16-08 08:05 AM   #59 
                    - OK nt  hack89   Jul-16-08 04:42 PM   #64 
                       - So you can't back up your Strangelovian nonsense with any rational argument. What a surprise! nt  Romulox   Jul-17-08 07:54 AM   #65 
                          - OK = no point in continuing the discussion. nt  hack89   Jul-17-08 04:55 PM   #67 
           - I'm not saying that I think they would get nukes but I suppose it may be an option for them.  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 09:09 PM   #34 
  - They've been trying to kick us out for decades . . . !!!  defendandprotect   Jul-13-08 12:13 PM   #6 
  - Not really  hack89   Jul-13-08 12:17 PM   #11 
  - So... this is costing us nothing?  Plucketeer   Jul-13-08 12:30 PM   #14 
  - They want us there  hack89   Jul-13-08 01:36 PM   #18 
  - "Want" is also a strange word when you're dealing with a MILITARY superpower . . .  defendandprotect   Jul-14-08 09:56 PM   #44 
  - Have you been following recent Japanese military actions?  hack89   Jul-15-08 06:29 AM   #48 
     - The Japanese didn't want to re-arm . . .  defendandprotect   Jul-16-08 03:05 PM   #60 
        - You obviously do not understand Japanese culture  WriteDown   Jul-16-08 03:40 PM   #62 
  - "want us there"?  Megahurtz   Jul-15-08 01:59 PM   #52 
     - No  hack89   Jul-15-08 04:48 PM   #58 
        - It's pressure . . . blackmail . . .  defendandprotect   Jul-16-08 03:06 PM   #61 
           - OK nt  hack89   Jul-16-08 04:42 PM   #63 
  - The Germans especially....  WriteDown   Jul-13-08 02:12 PM   #22 
  - That leaves the Italians  Plucketeer   Jul-13-08 03:36 PM   #28 
  - The Italians were the smartest...  WriteDown   Jul-13-08 05:24 PM   #30 
  - Yea they want us to keep throwing our money away over there. How nice for them.  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 09:12 PM   #36 
  - If I recall correctly, Asians are about half the population of the world . . .  defendandprotect   Jul-14-08 09:57 PM   #45 
  - Yeah ...we are about to go bankrupt here but we can keep bases all over the world.  L0oniX   Jul-13-08 09:17 PM   #37 
     - I think we have bases in something like 70 countries????  defendandprotect   Jul-14-08 10:03 PM   #46 
     - I agree!  Megahurtz   Jul-15-08 02:02 PM   #53 
  - Hardly . . . there's been a lot of violence and they want us out. . ..  defendandprotect   Jul-14-08 09:51 PM   #43 
  - Who have been trying to "kick us out"? n/t  ben_meyers   Jul-13-08 01:25 PM   #17 
  - And pay for their own defense instead of having us do it?  davepc   Jul-15-08 04:06 PM   #55 
  - Oh thats rich  THale2   Jul-13-08 11:29 AM   #2 
  - They could have sent the  Thothmes   Jul-13-08 06:34 PM   #33 
  - "Near Tokyo" . . . !!! How sick are we?  defendandprotect   Jul-13-08 12:14 PM   #8 
  - That's where the US navy base has been since 1945  hack89   Jul-13-08 12:18 PM   #12 
     - You mean beside the part where we nuked it?  sfexpat2000   Jul-13-08 02:37 PM   #23 
        - Didn't we nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki?  hack89   Jul-13-08 02:48 PM   #24 
        - I guess I fuss about all reactors, even this one more.  sfexpat2000   Jul-13-08 02:57 PM   #26 
        - OK. nt  hack89   Jul-13-08 03:04 PM   #27 
        - Hey, come on, it's an easy mistake to make,  ben_meyers   Jul-13-08 10:21 PM   #38 
        - When was that?  WriteDown   Jul-13-08 02:49 PM   #25 
        - You fail history hardcore. (nt)  Posteritatis   Jul-13-08 05:11 PM   #29 
        - And you need logic tutoring. n/t  sfexpat2000   Jul-13-08 06:20 PM   #32 
        - You haven't edited this post yet? Really? nt  Dreamer Tatum   Jul-14-08 08:57 AM   #41 
  - Great  Andrushka   Jul-13-08 06:00 PM   #31 
  - Permanent foreign bases are obselete.  Crowman1979   Jul-13-08 10:36 PM   #40 
  - How long does it take to steam from Hawaii  hack89   Jul-15-08 06:24 AM   #47 
     - Just keep the assigned group or squadron afloat in the sea of Japan for several months.  Crowman1979   Jul-15-08 09:59 AM   #49 
        - I disagree  hack89   Jul-15-08 04:31 PM   #56 
  - maybe they shouldn't have bombed pearl harbor...  QuestionAll   Jul-14-08 09:21 AM   #42 
  - Haha.  Vidar   Jul-15-08 01:45 PM   #50 
  - Keep up the good work !! You go guys !! //nt  Overseas   Jul-17-08 04:59 PM   #68 
 

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