rachael 0 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Do you think this guy should be allowed to come and live in Japan without being hassled by the US? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3753967.stm Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Definitely. Here is a guy who is either a complete loser (if he did indeed desert), or a victim of a criminal state. In the first case, what is the point of punishing him? The US army is proud to be a volunteer force, so why punish the occasional deserter? It's not fear of punishment that keeps soldiers loyal. It all smacks of the 18th century press gang. In the second case, it's in the interests of all countries involved to find out what happened. But the real disgrace is that Japan is an extremely loyal ally of the US which is going against its own constitution to send troops to Iraq primarily for the satisfaction of the US. Japan has an intense interest in sorting out this issue with NK, and yet the US is standing in the way for the sake of one corporal. How many corporals have they lost in Iraq? US troops are stationed in Japan, and yet the US won't budge an inch on this issue. Just one more reason why Japan needs independence from the US. Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 I think it was our friend Fox who were going on about recently about 2 American military types who had deserted to Canada - but Canada don't seem interested in doing anything about it. So you've got the "Boycot Canada" talk bullshit starting..... Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Is this story get some publicity overseas? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Yeah, well the US might try to address some of the legal issues of their deployments before they start persecuting soldiers who don't submit. Link to post Share on other sites
green 0 Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 peterson - I saw that. They really are calling for a Boycott Canada campaign if Canada don't "take action" on this one. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Soga-san's grab and kiss was so passionate, it caused poor Jenkins-san to fall down the bottom step... Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Ha ha ha. Boycott away. We'll see how long the US can go without our cheap imports. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 So this thread is actually about Canada and Fox news then? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 It always comes back to Canada. A quick google search using the words Boycott Canada brought up 183,000 sites. Didn't realize so many people hated us. Just like the SouthPark movie. Blame Canada Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Oops, cheese slipped off again. Link to post Share on other sites
jstepp 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Toque: It always comes back to Canada. A quick google search using the words Boycott Canada brought up 183,000 sites. Didn't realize so many people hated us. Just like the SouthPark movie. Blame Canada I dont hate you Toque In fact, Im originally from Texas (If you don't know Texans are mighty proud of their state) and I'd much rather LIVE in Canada! Link to post Share on other sites
Error404 0 Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Getting back to the Jenkins bloke, what do the military types on here think? Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Another article on BBC today about it all: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3905031.stm Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 No! he's an idiot but he's a father now. Punishment enough should be his life in North Korea for the past (ippai)?? years. He's old, sick, and of no harm to anyone. Grant him his amnesty, I say! But get him off of the news for goodnes sake, I'm tired of him taking up quality NHK news time. Link to post Share on other sites
slaphead 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Is being a father a good reason to pardon him? (Just curious about it all) Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Fushigi 10 days ago - walking up stairs ok in North Korea Yesterday - looking about 95 and could hardly walk. Suddenly got worse, or just bad acting? Thats what our local tv newscasters just said - quite surprised to hear that. Link to post Share on other sites
stripper on coke 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 George W Bush is a deserter (deserter sounds like someone who serves cheesecake or something), and I don't imagine he's going to be tried any time soon....... Let Jenkins go..... Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 If it gets his head off the news, let him go and lets be done with it. Isn't the guy embarrassed/filled with guilt (all the cash thats being spent on him)/etc etc Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Who's paying for all this? Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I'm so happy that he now is in his camp and being sorry and getting paid money. What a nice chap. Anyone here in Camp Zama? Link to post Share on other sites
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