tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post4385001932920581321..comments2024-03-15T14:23:29.857+07:00Comments on Yukkuri Free Time Literature Service: Nihonkoku Shoukan. Volume 1. Chapter 1 Part 2Yukkuri Oniisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09604990645032069309noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-9621025392221196122017-12-24T13:48:53.330+07:002017-12-24T13:48:53.330+07:00Lets wage war for food! ha ha haLets wage war for food! ha ha haAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-26913584391569627642017-10-07T15:09:38.310+07:002017-10-07T15:09:38.310+07:00Thanks for the translation!
More chapter please.....Thanks for the translation!<br /><br />More chapter please....The Hackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363334141872795417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-12535956356805345712017-10-06T19:34:10.077+07:002017-10-06T19:34:10.077+07:00The propaganda was from Kuwait, it's documente...The propaganda was from Kuwait, it's documented. They even know the consulting firm the Kuwaitis hired to do the campaign.<br /><br />In this case, my call was the Kuwaitis were behind the intervention, the Saudis being the fortunate beneficiary. Nothing in the world says you can't profit from someone else's misfortune.<br /><br />The firm the Kuwaitis hired was Hill and Knowlton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-31759596579990942052017-10-06T12:10:33.860+07:002017-10-06T12:10:33.860+07:00Saddam was a US puppet because he served a purpose...Saddam was a US puppet because he served a purpose. That purpose was to serve as a military counterweight against the Islamic Republic of Iran... which was the product of a revolution overthrowing another US-backed puppet, the Shah. Real genius there, guys.<br /><br />This was important because the Sunni Saudis didn't get along with the Shia Iranians and with the establishment of the Islamist Republic, ideological differences on both sides were now backed with political and military teeth.<br /><br />It also did not help that the Saudi Armed Forces is legendary in its incompetence. They are widely regarded as well-paid, well-equipped thugs chosen for political loyalty over all other considerations. Not surprising for a absolute monarchy, but it's not going to be enough when the Iranians start flexing their muscles. Enter Saddam Hussein.<br /><br />So putting Saddam in power, keeping him in power, defeating him in Desert Storm, and keeping him in power afterwards was done specifically for the benefit of the Saudis (and Gulf Emirs).<br /><br />All the sentimental bullshit in the leadup to the war was propaganda. Very good propaganda, but propaganda just the same. I don't recall any official outrage from the US when Saddam gassed the Kurds or tortured and murdered countless people in running his totalitarian regime. But when he invades Kuwait, suddenly he's a horrible, horrible man? Please.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672564861405123292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-3629437075672365592017-10-06T07:11:19.279+07:002017-10-06T07:11:19.279+07:00Nah, I don't think the Saudis had much to do w...Nah, I don't think the Saudis had much to do with the US jumping feet first into Desert Storm, the Kuwaitis went to the US for help, complete with an 'Obi Wan, you're my only hope' performance to the US Congress by a (fake) hospital volunteer played by the Kuwaiti ambassador's daughter.<br /><br />The rest is history. This ties in with the 'saviour complex' the US has that I mentioned earlier. Bat your eyes, look sad, ask Congress for help, watch the US run over your enemies.<br /><br />Look up the Nayirah testimony and the Citizens for a Free Kuwait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-1219540815800404652017-10-06T02:58:01.020+07:002017-10-06T02:58:01.020+07:00Think it was the opposite, Macarthur wanted a mili...Think it was the opposite, Macarthur wanted a military Japan to counterbalance the Chicoms and the Russians but the then Prime Minister Article 9ed him for 3 reasons, <br />1-he did not want the Japanese to turn into another Germany obsessed for revenge like what happened after WWI. <br />2-he wanted the US to underwrite Japan's security so they didn't need to and <br />3-he did not want Japan to be dragged into what is essentially the US's war with the USSR and China.<br /><br />It was Japan's Prime Minister who came up with Article 9, Macarthur seriously objected to it because it would tie up his army to a population that does not contribute to his military power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-85094203011241915732017-10-06T02:36:17.979+07:002017-10-06T02:36:17.979+07:00That might have been true on the neighbour's o...That might have been true on the neighbour's obstruction if Japan was in control of its own government, remember, post-war, it was controlled by the US under the Macarther administration, so it was de-facto US territory.<br /><br />I agree the Japanese and their 'Greater Co-prosperity Sphere' did more than the British ever did to start the anti-colonial movement and Japan hate is still going strong, but it is not the loudest voices that sometimes influences decisions. Personally, I suspect it was the attempt of the then Prime Minister, IIRC it was Sidehara or something like that, to force the US to undertake Japan's security, something like Puerto Rico, which worked until the Korean War drew out almost all the US troops in Japan, then it didn't look like such a good idea being buck naked and your protector being distracted. This caused an emergency formation of the 'National Police Reserve', the predecessor of the JSDF. It's telling that there was NO military forces in Japan before the start of the Korean War, but after that, there was.<br /><br />Good idea... not so good consequences. Oops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-90687021929039921602017-10-05T20:33:53.823+07:002017-10-05T20:33:53.823+07:00Sort of. Where the British had their "Great ...Sort of. Where the British had their "Great Game", the US fancied itself the "World's Policeman" (aka Team America). How convenient that it also makes the laws it enforces, too :P In both cases, it was about maintaining a balance of political and military power between it and the USSR (e.g. Space Race, "Missile Gap). In this post-Cold War period, it has found a niche in its nigh-eternal "War on Terror".<br /><br />The Iraq War is indeed about the US being the Saudi's bitch. What people overlook is that it's not about access to oil (the US uses little Saudi oil), but control of the price of oil and loss of the petrodollar (which would crash the USD). Saddam was a US puppet, but when he invaded Kuwait, the US had to choose between him or the Saudis. The rest is history.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672564861405123292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-10751744369807083482017-10-05T20:18:32.698+07:002017-10-05T20:18:32.698+07:00It's not just the massacres. Korea in particu...It's not just the massacres. Korea in particular still remembers their country being used as a source of slaves. Overall, the Japs acted like complete pricks by humiliating, exploiting and oppressing the locals, even worse than the already-resented British and Dutch. Indeed, their actions probably did a lot to increase support for the nationalist movements in East Asia.<br /><br />Japan after WW2 was completely flattened. Rebuilding it in the face of neighbors unwilling to cooperate is far worse than the pathetic shows of force they could muster. Ofc, it's different now, but things could have gone much worse for Japan had its constitution not been explicitly pacifist. Hating Japan (and other 'colonial' foreigners) was (and still is) a big focus for many of those right-wing nationalist movements in East Asia.<br /><br />Going back to keeping East Asia weak, that was exactly the case before the Korean War. There was zero US military readiness in both Japan and South Korea and the US was caught with its pants down when war broke out.<br /><br />While the US did turn ROK into a military dictatorship (thanks, guys), it made no effort to undermine Article 9 until recently. Yet it's not like right wingers like Abe didn't exist back then. It also installed weak puppets in the Philippines and Vietnam, with disastrous results. Simply put, the US did not act like it wanted strong military allies in the Far East.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672564861405123292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-58885717145183580492017-10-05T19:57:02.624+07:002017-10-05T19:57:02.624+07:00Best Korea is the less likely option, but it is a ...Best Korea is the less likely option, but it is a possibility. The situation there is based on the government pushing a "seige mentality" narrative, one in which Best Korea is surrounded by rivals and enemies.<br /><br />Japan is now also in a state of siege, racing to secure vital resources before reserves run out and trying to make sense of an event that defies common sense and known science.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672564861405123292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-91457989189888157312017-10-05T19:36:20.056+07:002017-10-05T19:36:20.056+07:00John Doe - Not quite. While people in power is see...John Doe - Not quite. While people in power is seemingly gradually preparing Japan for its powerful past, Japan still has a quite 'pacifist' mentality in its populace. Revisionist history in Japanese education is still quite low in portion. However, like you said, the state and the people do have the rich potential of going hegemonic and all-out America in this world. Perhaps a little bit more propaganda is required in this, as they can't even connect (information-wise, via internet, etc.) to any major superpower, and their is no stopping the Jap gov't on how to deal with their people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-23577518062917372982017-10-05T19:30:13.961+07:002017-10-05T19:30:13.961+07:00In that world, they're effectively an instant ...In that world, they're effectively an instant quasi-superpower. The only thing holding them back is the lack of natural resources. However, the populace still has a pacifist mentality, practically beaten and eventually instilled into them by the US post-WW2. Considering that and the fact that they're actually a democracy, Japan isn;t likely to go full-blown America anytime soon. But of course, in the presence of propaganda, give a year. They don't have global propagation of information anyway, as they are the only information age country there (so far). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-77855782473887625902017-10-05T19:23:37.755+07:002017-10-05T19:23:37.755+07:00Wasn't it "battleship diplomacy"?
A...Wasn't it "battleship diplomacy"?<br /><br />Also, true, since the end of the Second World War and the dawn of the Cold one, the US seemingly had some sort of "international messiah mentality" as the "guardian of democracy and liberty". Sure, they did a number of good in the perspective of some nations, and they also believed it was somewhat necessary to counter the expansion of a system that threatens theirs (Soviets), but in the past decade or two, I also think the US is being too smug of itself. I'm no expert on this, so I can't really say much or if this is even right, but that's what I think.<br /><br />Also, on the 2nd Iraq Conflict, wasn't that the US being Saudi's bitch in exchange for oil?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-34895773398808143532017-10-05T06:27:15.745+07:002017-10-05T06:27:15.745+07:00I like. lolI like. lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-38685274979651694522017-10-05T06:25:10.391+07:002017-10-05T06:25:10.391+07:00Which might make sense if the neighbours were inde...Which might make sense if the neighbours were independent countries. They were not at that time. The 3 key areas where massacres occurred were the Philippines (Rape of Manila), Singapore (Sook Ching) and Burma (the Death Railway, though that was to PoWs). Singapore was British, the Philippines were American. They were in no position for reprisals.<br /><br />I'd even disagree on keeping the East weak, Japan anchors the Eastern front of the USSR then, the US needed a strong Japan to contain the USSR and later the Chicoms, hence so much resources being poured by the US into reconstruction.<br /><br />It's more about the Japanese being extremists, they always have to push things to the limits, it's their culture. Hence incidents like working to death and 'black' companies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-35706420415108754542017-10-04T19:36:33.611+07:002017-10-04T19:36:33.611+07:00Not quite. The US wanted a strong Western Europe ...Not quite. The US wanted a strong Western Europe as a counterweight to the Warsaw Pact/USSR. Hence, NATO. The Far East was not as much a concern militarily, which is why the US took sole control of military matters there. It was in its interest to keep Japan and the burgeoning nations of the Far East militarily weak.<br /><br />The Japanese also understood that there was a LOT of bad blood between it and its neighbors after WW2. Taking a clear pacifist stance was the sensible thing to do in order to avoid reprisals.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672564861405123292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-612316150931816102017-10-04T19:27:13.528+07:002017-10-04T19:27:13.528+07:00There are many different direction the author coul...There are many different direction the author could have taken it.<br /><br />1: Qua-Toyne's government is incompetent, as it sits on prime real estate and has a clearly hostile militarist neighbor. Yet their army is pathetically small. Why not let the losers lose, then negotiate with the winners?<br /><br />2: Japan's right wing stages a coup within Japan and mobilizes for total war, WW2 all over again. During that time, the powers of the Southern Continent are weakened by internecine war and are eventually annexed by Imperial Japan 2.0<br /><br />3: Not everyone agrees with this, which invariably leads to a insurgent/terrorist resistance both amongst the Japanese and conquered people.<br /><br />3: Given the huge disparity in numbers, Japan begins to develop WMDs as insurance.<br /><br />4: Japan does aid Qua-Toyne and Quila, but the disparity in power means that they are tributaries in all but name. Doubly so since they provide what Japan so desperately needs.<br /><br />5: There are few words as powerful and dangerous as "we have to survive". Where does Japan draw the line? Can it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672564861405123292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-6566499272990048462017-10-04T13:49:08.841+07:002017-10-04T13:49:08.841+07:00thanks for the chapter.
thanks for the chapter.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-20513827946442056432017-10-04T06:27:25.336+07:002017-10-04T06:27:25.336+07:00Since we are talking about JSDF
you might be inter...Since we are talking about JSDF<br />you might be interested to study this list:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_equipment_of_the_Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_ForceYukkuri Oniisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09604990645032069309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-52106434388333608222017-10-04T06:07:32.785+07:002017-10-04T06:07:32.785+07:00I doubt an anti-material rifle is classed as an an...I doubt an anti-material rifle is classed as an anti-infantry weapon, not to mention it seriously is NOT standard issue. HMGs and GPMGs are, but only to ONE platoon out of a company, the Heavy Weapons platoon. You got 4 GPMGs out of 100+ men. Things like the M2? Forget manpacking it. Unless you want to break your back.<br /><br />M-4/16 penetrating steel plating? Right.... an SS109 round penetrates 3mm of RHA, tell me again how you would use it vs even light armored vehicles? HMGs can, but to say that it's because of the SS109 round is a joke.<br /><br />And titanium is NOT used as tank armour, you're thinking of airplanes. Tank armour is steel sandwiched with ceramic, aramids and higher density metals, which WILL resist even 0.5cal rounds, so saying HMGs will shred steel is a huge joke since composite armour IS a steel product mixed with other things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-52743651282959701462017-10-04T05:20:50.824+07:002017-10-04T05:20:50.824+07:00Nice fairy tale for those that like their stories ...Nice fairy tale for those that like their stories 'Good vs Evil' and 'Good guys always wins'.<br /><br />If I were really evil, I would twist people's mind and morals with all the shades of grey I can come up with, like Qua-Tonye being the one with a human supremacy agenda but are friendly since, 'hey, we're all humans', but treat the beastmen like slaves, so you got to deal with people that are friendly, got things you need, but with a xenophobic mindset, while the other side is liberal and democratic and friendy...but don't have the food you need. lol<br /><br />Whose side will you take when 2 friendlies fight? lol<br />Or if the enemy is fighting a 'rightous war', do you support them, even if it means losing your food supply? hehehehe....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-9591737285336472852017-10-04T05:01:48.961+07:002017-10-04T05:01:48.961+07:00Well, let's not get too caught up in the nitty...Well, let's not get too caught up in the nitty gritty shall we. lol.<br /><br />This is all just contrived to get us to read and ramp up the viewership numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-66272283630973413602017-10-04T04:58:27.397+07:002017-10-04T04:58:27.397+07:00Germany. North Korea isn't....very sane. They ...Germany. North Korea isn't....very sane. They got a mythological cult built up around the Kim family and you know what happens when people believe 'God' is on their side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-30009496836082385332017-10-04T04:56:23.244+07:002017-10-04T04:56:23.244+07:00lol.
Though to be really honest, Japan's const...lol.<br />Though to be really honest, Japan's constitution was always about them going overboard on their new pacifism, none of the other axis countries were forced to limit themselves like that. It was all self inflicted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161586047925771025.post-23489885055374979642017-10-04T04:52:34.145+07:002017-10-04T04:52:34.145+07:00....I wonder where you get your 'military'.......I wonder where you get your 'military' info from....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com