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Cal Carpenter

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7. While I am not a fan of collective punishment

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 12:16 PM

Jun 2016

the bigger picture is that Okinawa is not happy about the base as it is. And in the recent past, there have been both a rape and a murder of Japanese women by US soldiers or contractors.

So this is about more than internal US military discipline. This is about Japan and their willingness to keep hosting our base.

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All 18,600 US Sailors in Japan Banned from Drinking and Confined to Base [View all] yuiyoshida Jun 2016 OP

And they have nobody to blame but themselves. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

I don't agree with punishing all for a few incidents yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #2

While I am not a fan of collective punishment Cal Carpenter Jun 2016 #7

Most of the sailors there had nothing to do with any of these incidents. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #3

And Goddamned Trump wants to close our bases there StarTrombone Jun 2016 #4

the stories I could tell about drunk service men during my time in the Navy Demonaut Jun 2016 #5

The addicts are gonna have a tough time, but for the rest of them, no problem, right? Iggo Jun 2016 #6

I realize this is a minor point but if you have served this tends to grate on you. I wish Mikado stevenleser Jun 2016 #8

I am guessing that the original story was in JAPANESE yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #9

Ahhh, that makes sense. stevenleser Jun 2016 #10

dou itashimashite yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #11