08 January 2009
Iraq War Film "In the valley of Elah" Americans are PTSD patients
The film is based on a true story of murdered Iraq war soldier and his parents.
Tommy Lee Jones acted as young soldier's father who was informed that his son was AWOL.
He searched for his son nearby towns of the base he dissappeared and later learned that he was brutally murdered.
Who killed him? What caused them so mad?
It was thrilling and the theme was kind of common with "Two People," Vietnam war dessertor's story in early 1970's.
The U.S. repeats the same mistake. Why?
Well, that is common with any other country like my country, Japan. I saw the American documentary "Nanking."
Japanese imperial army mass-murdered many, many Chinese civilians. Actually that trauma still goes on in our society.
Conservative people try to whitewash the atrocities commited by Japanese military in Asia.
But the facts can never be cancelled. We all have to deal with it, which is a big burden. The below is trailer of "In the valley of Elah."
13 December 2008
Visited Unwelcome, Dangerous and useless U.S. ship
On December 6, Saturday, I went to Yokosuka Navy Base to see Japan's most unwelcome, dangerous and useless American ship.
It was public showing and festival day. I got on the CVN 73, USS George Washington. It was huge aircraft carrier. It contains huge nuclear reactor. It is like Chernobyl or Third Atomic Bomb in Tokyo Capital Region. The U.S. Navy is threatening Japanese citizens lives.
Actually it was fun to visit there, all the things there were dynamic and very new to me. Luckiely I could see Mt. Fuji from the runway on the roof.
The below is what I videotaped.
But this is not Disneyland. I don't want the U.S. navy stationed in Japan. They are not safe things as you know what happened in San Diego.
The presence of U.S. navy is not working as deterrance like the Cold War era. Soviet Union fell apart.
China seemed to be new threat but China is a biggest financial supporter for the U.S. They are the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury bonds. They buy Boeing, Intel chips from the U.S. China and the U.S. are close friends.
In fact just 2 days after the public showing Chinese ship entered Japanese sea illegally. Meaning they are not afraid of U.S. military at all.
The other notable threat is North Korea but the U.S. ended designation of "North Korea as terror supporting Nation" recently.
It is appearant the U.S. is not enthusiastic about North Korea issues such as abduction of Japanese citizens and nuclear weapon development.
They should leave Japan ASAP. Actually once Japanese government stops providing aid to them, they would immediately leave here.
The only reason they stay is Japan's financial aid.
See this videoclip to know how unwelcome the ship is.
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22 November 2008
"Navy Burger" No thanks
50 days after the departure from Yokosuka base since the deployment in September, the dangerous and troublesome ship came back.
CVN 73, USS George Washinton, Nuclear Aircraft Carrier which navigate by nuclear reactors. They are deployed in Yokosuka which is near Japan's capital Tokyo.
They know they are not welcome by the citizens in Yokosuka.
Then they came up with very stupid idea, that is inventing "Navy Burger" and release it as the city's new highlighted good like "Navy Curry" whose recipe is modeled after Japanese imperial navy's curry meal and it has been popular for many years.
The mayor and chief commander of Yokosuka base jointly presented the burger to be released next year.
American beef would be contained? No thanks, I don't want to get mad cow disease. Even it contains safe Aussie beef like McDonald in Japan. I still want to refuse it. Not only because I am not hamberger eater but I keep resisting CVN 73, George Washington because of the fear of radioactive release by an accident or earthquake.
They have done similar thing already such as free stupid comic books, which the story is untrue and very propagated.
Do they think people are easily distracted by such foolish event?
The only way they can be welcome is cancel the deployment and leave Japan as soon as possible.
Well, what we can do is demand our government to stop funding foreign troops stationed only for cheaper expense.
Dear Jim,
Interesting fact: China is largest foreign owner of U.S. treasury bonds. Japan is No.2 owner.
China buys more U.S. goods such as Boeing and intel chips than Japan does. Everyone knows that the U.S. wouldn't help Japan even if China attacks Japan. U.S. commander, Mr. Keating said they would like to help Chinese army build aircraft carriers. Great! We would be defended by the army that is helping our enemy.
22:23 Posted in Japan News, US-Japan relationship, USA issues | Permalink | Comments (1) | Tags: navy, military, nuclear aircraft carrier
16 October 2008
Senator McCain said,
"Look, we've sailed Navy ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them. We can store and reprocess spent nuclear fuel, Senator Obama, no problem." concerning energey crisis on last presidential debate.
Yes, he is right. There are 10 nuclear aircraft carriers that belong to the U.S. Navy. One of them is CVN 73, George Washington, which was deployed in Yokosuka city, 20 miles from Japan's capital Tokyo. We don't like it. The ship should go back to its homeland, not the country whose people don't like it much. I hate it. It is dangerous and making me nervous. If it breaks, estimated 1.6 million people would die by leaked radiation.
It should be used for the generation of cities, rather than military purpose. The nuclear powered ship on the sea is very, very dangerous. It costs much more than conventional ship. The reactors should be transformed to fit the plants on the ground.
Although I do not support nuclear power as substitute for oil, it is much better to be used for generation for inland cities .
McCain said "reprocess spent nuclear fuel." That is not practical any more. A lot of countries failed. It costs so much money and pollute the land around the reprocessing factories. However, unspent nuclear fuel inside the ships should be used by stopping the navigation and dismantling the ships. It is time to do that. Use the energey for the daily life not for the military. Let the troops back on the shores.
The U.S. is now in historical financial crisis, they have to reduce military spending dramatically. They cannot afford stationing their troops abroad. Foreign nations including my country are not generous lending their lands for the U.S. military any more.
Whether Obama or McCain becomes president of the U.S., what they have to do is rethink their military policy which has been failing.
No more nuclear ships! Let's make the world safe by abondaning such dangerous ships!
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