• Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      The people of Ryukyu (Okinawa), which are already occupied once by Japan, do not want the US there. This is a regular subject of protests in the region, and the single largest defining aspect of politics. The current governor of Okinawa is staunchly against the US occupation of his territory because they cause endless hardship for the locals. US soldiers continue to kill and rape innocent people here on a regular basis.

      You will be hard-pressed to find people here that are excited about the US military bases, outside the US lapdogs in the government. If we held a referendum on the topic tomorrow, it would probably be the biggest voter turnout Japan has ever seen.

      South Korea is basically the same, albeit with even more sexual assaults than we have to deal with.

    • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      caused the whole world to suffer

      In addition to what others have already said, this line in particular is complete bullshit. The vast majority of the world doesn’t care about Ukraine in any way beyond “war is bad,” and indeed a large chunk of the global south has expressed that the war is entirely the West’s fault for provoking Russia constantly since the collapse of the USSR. The only people suffering from the war are in Ukraine, Russia, or any of a number of European nations that were strong-armed into shutting off their access to Russian fossil fuels by the US so American oil companies could dominate the energy markets in that region of the world at the expense of workers who saw their utility bills go up 4x overnight.

    • Catradora-Stalinism☭@lemmygrad.mlM
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      Okay I get the crimes, its a war of two emerging capitalist states sending their people to die for senseless nationbuilding

      but dear god how do you say that about the US and think you’re the enlightened one here.