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Mohawk52
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Some one should give the commander a copy of "Planet J@p" That should give him an idea as to what plot to use.
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Yoda117
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does anyone else have a sinking feeling that this is most definitely not going to turn out well?
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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 Well ya go to get em while there still young and will buy anything you tell them, also which chapters explain Iraq, I'd love to read that.
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The Big Bang
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Shenanigan Girl
 Posts: 5 Location: 5280 ft above sea level |
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Anyone want to guess just how much money our government will waste on this project? Forget gas prices lets make a manga explaning ourselves to the Japanese.
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bglassbrook
 Posts: 1244 Location: Gaithersburg, MD |
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I'm fairly sure they can come up with much worse ways to waste money then a little international PR among countries with a large US miltary presence not actively involved in not-nation-building. |
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The Big Bang
Posts: 48 Location: Chicago,IL[english second lang] |
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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As far as explaining global conflict? I don't think that is the goal of this campain/project at all. To me it sounds like they just want to improve relations between locals and the thousands of servicemen(in this case USN) who are stationed there. Nothing wrong with trying to improve and empathize those relations, right. And there has been disagreements and squabbles in the past(which is normal). And the recent base relocations/additions/ and closures in the Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Kanagawa prefectures have left a sour taste with some Japanese I know.
However I do think it will turn out silly, but look at anything the Govn't produces for general population. I mean it will be PBS kind of stuff. But hopefully it will at least have some sort of good info in it that will be conveyed. And I think that is all they are going for. |
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britannicamoore
 Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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Could the U.S. navy create a manga to explain itself to the US while they're at it?
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The Big Bang
Posts: 48 Location: Chicago,IL[english second lang] |
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 Yeah,they could make its into comedy. How bumbling the so called Commander in Cheif is and his search for Osama Bin Laden and his weponds of mass destruction. Then slapped its with a based on a true story label. And then turned its into a hit tv show. But really that how sad the U.S. goverment has become. 
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bleuster
 Posts: 455 Location: Orange County |
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G.W. Bush has been featured in manga several times
So has Paris Hilton Don't get your feathers so frilled up. This is nothing Besides, Japan already knows about Maritan. And apparently, a few U.S. solders do, too |
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GATSU
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"Greetings, Japanese citizens. We're not occupying your islands; we're just 'borrowing' them to fend off Korean commie aggressors. When our stand-off with them ends, we'll gladly return them to you. If the time it took to end the Cold War is any indication, we'll be out of here in about a couple more decades or so. Thanks."
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Vekou
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A new low. You're pathetic. |
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Dargonxtc
Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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I understand you like to insert your blind hatred of the military at any chance you can get. But this has nothing to with Bush, the War on Terror, Iraq, or the search for the murderers of Sept. 11. If you knew anything about history and or military comand structure you would know this is a regional decision made by the CNFJ. And he/she does not need to run this sort of thing by the administration to bring it to fruition. Believe or not, the DoD has other public relations problems besides conflicts in the Middle East, which is about six thousand miles from Japan. Unfourtunetly,(I say unfortunate because I strongly disagree with his premise) GATSU makes a more on target criticism of what will likely be brought up by this campain. I.E. Why we are there, the history since 1945, and the working coalition between the two governments etc. |
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raithnor
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Hopefully they'll remember to put in a section about: "When some of our servicemembers do despicable things, try not to hold it against the Navy and America as a whole."
In the past there've been some ugly, ugly interactions between US troops and the locals. I think I remember something similar happening in Iraq with elementary grade children's workbooks. |
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