Will just have to disagree on the absurdity of the situation. Forward deployed forces are critical to our overarching strategy in the region. E.g. Humanitarian relief in Nepal and the Philippines would’ve been impossible without Japan based forces.

Yeah that’s what makes the CNMI even worse. The local papers agitate for Chinese casinos over American military ranges.

There have not been “constant” Osprey crashes last month.

Have you been on a plane loaded with Chinese tourists visiting Okinawa. They’re already invading. Not over the horizon considering how much property they're trying to by in Okinawa Tinian and Saipan.

I'm married to an Okinawan so have some idea. It's complicated to say the least. It seems you think it's the JSDF and far right who are more interested in the U.S. leaving as opposed to the communists and left. I would disagree. All the anti-base protesters are funded by the far left and China. Having worked with the…

There is already a NorK presence living in Japan. Pachinko parlors run by them is a source of hard currency for the regime. Also recall the kidnapping of several Japanese by NorK agents who were taken to NK and never released. Allegedly to help train their spies to better fit in to Japan.

KJU needs some Cake of course!!!

Have you seen the movie JSA? I think the first time the Norks overrun an E Mart they’ll eat choco-pies and surrender. ;) KJU probably knows this so just continuous sabre rattling is more beneficial to him.

Fa love pa.

I was tempted to bid on one that was on EBay. It claimed to be the only legally imported PI Jeepney in the U.S. Apparently it’s used as a recruiting tool at job fairs to attract Filipino nurses to move to the states.

Just a reminder that the German army was still mostly horse drawn despite the Iron Sky impression that they were more technologically advanced than us.

The demographic used to be slightly different when I first joined. The WMs from that era were still part of the “Free a man to fight” generation. They wore baby blue skorts for PT at Parris Island and their service uniforms were a light candy stripe. A big shift was when they were required to run the full 3 miles for…

Bravo Zulu. But they did eliminate the kip - which I used to rely on too!

I'm glad you wrote this instead of Khan.

What do you think of Frank’s Downfall? I heard him speak and he made some interesting points about the differing strategies to end the war and the drops. Also the fact that the Japanese methodically destroyed their war records before the occupation troops arrived to protect the emperor so much of what we know about…

Also because the emperor finally realized his throne might be jeopardized by internal revolt. Some commanders at first refused to obey the order to surrender.

Just attended a lecture by Richard Frank. Read his book Downfall. Something related to your article is that he discovered some Japanese leaders felt they could keep fighting because their physicists explained the Americans couldn’t have made too much fissionable material and may only have had one or two bombs. They…

It's just funny to see them all spring back into play after Carry On.

Colors!!!

Silly army, ships are for squids! Only joking since apparently no fatalities.