Comments on: It pays to abandon political correctness

By: John Adams

John Adams — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:48:40 +0000

The US military is no longer what constitutes a true military organization. The US military has been pussyfied by political correctness. Women giving orders to men who are at the frontline and these dikes never having seen a combat trench. Yet, they are there barking out orders so men can die yet not knowing the true sense of battle. Women cannot fight during their period, oops am I being POLITICALLY INCORRECT by mentioning the obvious? Well, too bad, suck on it! It’s true. Women cannot be changing their douch while in combat. This is a very serious issue, and a real one. Also, the military brass is afraid to speak out against those who in public office when they are wrong for fear of losing their ranks or jobs. And these are the cowards who are defending this great country? Help us Lord! I’m scared.

By: Danny the Admin

Danny the Admin — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:50:51 +0000

Sharing of expenses with Japan means that the US still spends on Japanese security, albeit a bit less. A net loss for the empire, philanthropy or payment for influence.I don’t see a major difference between Soviet and US relations with vassals. Both were paying, and paying a lot.Soviets paid even to the Warsaw bloc, and much more to India, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Angola, Cuba. Move back a bit: the American states were unprofitable for the British Empire which defended them against Spain and France.

By: txomin

txomin — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:19:21 +0000

Well, Danny, all you have to do is to look up the information for yourself. Here are a few random tidbits: 1) “The US forces on Okinawa occupy about 10 percent of the land in the prefecture. Japan provides part of the cost of the forward deployment of US forces throughout Japan, through an annual burden-sharing payment. This payment was about $4.9 billion in fiscal year 1997.” 2) “Japanese Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld agreed on Sunday that Japan will pay US$6.1 billion, or 59%, of the estimated $10.3 billion relocation cost. It is unprecedented for Japan to spend state funds on US bases located outside Japan.” or 3) But, of course, there is… “…a senior Pentagon official said only two days after the cost-sharing agreement for moving the marines to Guam that Japan will pay an estimated $26 billion (about 3 trillion yen) or more to help implement the overall US military realignment in Japan over six to seven years, compared with the US share of $4 billion.” In short, all you have to do is to follow the news. Regarding “vassal relationships”, I await for you in the 21st century to discuss the matter. As you travel through time, consider the characteristics of, for example, Soviet (dictatorial) and Western (democratic) international relationships and how these differ.

By: Danny the Admin

Danny the Admin — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:11:17 +0000

Being free from the military expenses is hardly a price, not?

By: RAQUEL

RAQUEL — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:40:56 +0000

does north korea has the playstation?so she can not shoot down american F16, for fun!….

By: RAQUEL

RAQUEL — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:37:34 +0000

what price did japan “pays” for u.s. miliatry defense?commercial partnerships on major electronic u.s. industries.stockexchange fusion, whatever…and besides japan couldn’t have military forces for 60 years.germany is in europe….right?nations, empires, portugal…thanks.

By: Danny the Admin

Danny the Admin — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:08:46 +0000

To Txomin: What price did Japan pay for the US military protection? Military inferiority need to spell vassal relationiship, but accepting imperial protection seemingly implies the vassal status, doesn’t it?To Dan from Aus: Sure, Obadiah calls for divestment from the US. Regarding the petition, Obadiah discussed genocide charges in a recent articles (please lookup in Iran category). Ahmadinejad demands ethnic cleansing, not genocide. We also want to perform ethnic cleansing in Palestine. That’s a legitimate goal of foreign politics. Can’t indict for the cleansing any more than for war generally.

By: Dan from Aus

Dan from Aus — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:59:15 +0000

You cannot count on America to save you. History keeps repeating itself and the Jewish people are refusing to learn from past mistakes: No one is going to save you. You have to save yourselves just like you did in ‘48 and ‘63. Amusingly however, the rest of the world is also not learning from historical lessons: the fate of the jews is going to be the fate of everyone else. Who believes that Hitler would have stopped with the Jews? He would have moved onto the Arabs (the true semites) and then Christians and then someone else. For decades Jews had been the sole targets of suicidal murderers and now all Westerners are the targets. Once Ahmadinejad nukes Israel he won’t stop there either. Over and over its the same.American has no political capital to expand the conflict in the mideast as it should and europe is already capitulating. If Israel and the jewish people are to survive then Israel must step up and act.PS I almost feel stupid linking to this but I guess it can’t hurt:http://www.aish.com/Iran/DP/

By: txomin

txomin — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:41:04 +0000

You start well when talking about nations and empires. But you lose it when you speak of a “philanthropic” US government. Far from the truth. First, countries such as Japan pay dearly for US military protection and, let us not forget, a protection that is forced upon and only involves whoever is on the US government interest. Second, military inferiority doesn’t necessarily imply slavery or yes-to-it-all regarding trade arrangements.

By: joeblogs

joeblogs — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:21:37 +0000

pc has maybe gone a little too far nowadays.