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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:56 AM Original message |
13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can only wish they would kick the US out of their territory. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Why? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. WHY? What do we need all those military bases all over the world for? |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. 10's of thousands ? |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That's not the only overblown estimate |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Why should we spend our fuel and money to be the world police? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Why??? Because it's NOT our Country! |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's the last thing they want |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. If we have our navy there then they already have nukes. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. If they kick our navy out then they will get their own. nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So we don't mind that communist China has nukes but we still don't want Japan to have nukes? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. They don't necessarily want nukes |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
66. Terms for surrender of Japan |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. So you're saying .... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Japan subsidizes our presence to the tune of many millions of dollars |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I doubt that Japan pays the entire bill for us to have our military there. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. $2.8 billion in 1990 |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. You've got it backwards: their country, their obligation. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You are assuming that the US has no strategic interests |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. No, I am asserting that. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. OK nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. So you can't back up your Strangelovian nonsense with any rational argument. What a surprise! nt |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. OK = no point in continuing the discussion. nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I'm not saying that I think they would get nukes but I suppose it may be an option for them. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. They've been trying to kick us out for decades . . . !!! |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Not really |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. So... this is costing us nothing? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They want us there |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. "Want" is also a strange word when you're dealing with a MILITARY superpower . . . |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Have you been following recent Japanese military actions? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. The Japanese didn't want to re-arm . . . |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. You obviously do not understand Japanese culture |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. "want us there"? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. No |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. It's pressure . . . blackmail . . . |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. OK nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. The Germans especially.... |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. That leaves the Italians |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The Italians were the smartest... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Yea they want us to keep throwing our money away over there. How nice for them. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. If I recall correctly, Asians are about half the population of the world . . . |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Yeah ...we are about to go bankrupt here but we can keep bases all over the world. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. I think we have bases in something like 70 countries???? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. I agree! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Hardly . . . there's been a lot of violence and they want us out. . .. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Who have been trying to "kick us out"? n/t |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. And pay for their own defense instead of having us do it? |
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THale2 (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh thats rich |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. They could have sent the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Near Tokyo" . . . !!! How sick are we? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That's where the US navy base has been since 1945 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. You mean beside the part where we nuked it? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Didn't we nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I guess I fuss about all reactors, even this one more. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. OK. nt |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Hey, come on, it's an easy mistake to make, |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. When was that? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You fail history hardcore. (nt) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. And you need logic tutoring. n/t |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. You haven't edited this post yet? Really? nt |
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Andrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Great |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. Permanent foreign bases are obselete. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. How long does it take to steam from Hawaii |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Just keep the assigned group or squadron afloat in the sea of Japan for several months. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. I disagree |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. maybe they shouldn't have bombed pearl harbor... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. Haha. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
68. Keep up the good work !! You go guys !! //nt |
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