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Alphaape
A long time ago I was a recruiter. We would try to get waivers for persons to enroll in the military. They normally amounted to waivers for such items as minor drug posessions, some petty thefts, and the general small stuff that many on the "liberal Left" in America say that we should overlook when people come out of our prisons becuase that is the whole purpose of prison/jail, to reform the person.
People who have committed major felonies have never been able to come in. As a matter of fact, if you are in the military, and you have earned a case of domestic abuse, you can't even be authorized to carry a weapon (that is how it is in the Navy).
So the comment of letting convicts in is misleading. No true hard core crminals are let in. And if so, once again, the military is taking a big step. After all, people who may have had some of the cases I mentioned are now finding it hard to find a job in the civilian sector. Why, becuase people don't want those types around. So much for the liberal mantra of reform. Makes one wonder, if we can't get over the fact that some young kid made a minor mistake and sold drugs, got caught, paid the price and now wants to reform himself; how can we say we can give all of the radical "flamethowers" and car bombers, or those who were captured in the act of battle, spent a few years at Gitmo and now they need to be let out since they no longer have the desire to kill us in the West.
I would rather take my chances on a "knucklehead" who sold a few drugs than a reformed enemey combatant.
Posted in: American soldier guns down 5 fellow troops at U.S. military base in Iraq
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Alphaape
DenDen: That number still falls far less than the murder rate of New Orleans for this year so far. Since you are into studies, check to see how many murders were committed in NO so far, and how many have been arrested. That should open your eyes a bit.
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Alphaape
zurcronium: Let us not forget that both parties are at fault for the border on the US that lets gang members (MS-13), Mexican Mafia, Nortenous, Surenos through. Also very liberal immigration inforcement has allowed them to stay. The rest of the gangs are bad news, and I am not going to say that it is all Bush's fault, since the crack epidemic from the 80's and 90's helped to make them grow.
But let me give you a few more facts. The area of Camp Liberty is pretty big. Probably about the size of Burbank, CA. True this is a sad event, but when you look at the amount of people that are there, and carrying weapons the incident rate is quite low than compared with a U.S. city with the corresponding size and population.
Having served 20 years in the USN, I can say I have seen some bad apples, but by and far, I have seen a lot more good apples than what you seem to indicate.
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Alphaape
likeitis, true the crime reporter was offering opinion, but tell me, how many crimes have you been the lead reporter on or how often in your daily activites do you interact with police officials? Not saying that it makes him an expert, but let me just throw this one out for you. Norman Polmar is a leading expert on Naval affairs and has written numerous books. But guess what, he never served a day in the Navy. So, I would say to you that I take the opinion of the reporter (even a Japan newspaper one) over yours.
Like I have been saying, I understand size and spatial dimensions, and since you can't get it that the officer left the scene (since the J-cops themselves admit it) do you know the dimensions of the house. I guess that expression of "one in the hand is better.." probably eludes you. But then again, I guess to defend the J-cops this is a much better scene of having one cop loose a suspect that with the case of that British woman who is missing when her alleged killer walk calmly from the scene with more cops and "back-up" present.
Posted in: Aichi police officer let suspicious man at scene of double murder get away
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Alphaape
To answer your question:
likeitis: Follow up to this article is found here on the board. I provide this for your viewing pleasure.
In my "Monday Morning Quaterbacking" for this article, I suggest that you go ahead and "punt" this one away and try again on your next set of downs. You are not making much progress with the ball on this one.
Posted in: Aichi police officer let suspicious man at scene of double murder get away
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Alphaape
likeitis, I guess you didn't read this part. But then again, he is just another "Monday Morning Quarterback" like the rest of us here.
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Alphaape
No I am not geometrically challenged. Most houses here in Japan are small and don't really have a "back yard" so to speak that someone could run and jump the fence and get away.
Also, in a related article to this one posted on this site, it goes into the fact that it took the officer 3 minutes to go back and call for help, and the suspect got away.
No he did not have to charge into the house, he could have stayed outside since he did have a visual on the suspect. Not knowing the dimensions of the house (do you?) but leaving the scene completely to make a call for back up is not a smart move. He could have stayed outside in the area, and called for back up keeping an eye on the place.
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Alphaape
I guess Mushariff wasn't so bad after all. Sure he was a strong man but at least the Taliban was kept to a very remote region. Now they seem to be marcing all the way to the capital.
Posted in: Refugees flood camps as Pakistan presses Taliban
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Alphaape
likeitis, trying to make of the situation to fit your hypothesis is probably not a good idea. I think in all of my posts, I have been saying that the cop could have easily just keyed the mike and called for help. He should not have had to run back for 3 minutes to make a call for an assist. Also, he was outside and the person was inside. So, he could have just waited outside, since the perp had to come out eventually and since he could see him from the outside, and just remain in the area near the house and wait him out. If there would have been another person inside, at least he would have waited outside and would have at least one person in a secure position before help arrived and then they could have went in.
The whole point is the cop screwed up. Why leave the scene to call for help? Also, this morning while driving in to the base, I saw the J-cops standing outside. Funny thing on their uniforms, that had radios with the mike on their shoulders. I wonder will they use them in an emergency or leave the scene to go to the koban to call for assistance in the event it is necessary.
And by the way, I am not totally brainwashed. I know a friend cop back in the states who was in a scene on the show and I talked to him about it, and he told me stuff like that happens all the time. If you have been a reader and poster to this board, you will notice that in most of the posts concerning J-cops, the biggest topic is that the difference between J-cops and some American cops, and the differnce in techinques for going after suspects.
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Alphaape
likeitis, I guess you are not a big fan of COPS. If you ever watched it, you would normally see a cop chasing after someone, and talking on the radio for backup. I am not advocating that the cop in question play a roll in cops and go in gung ho, but just by watching, and speaking to cops, and having done a few shore patrols in my day, a person (if they are trained) can do more than one thing at a time. Not sure how they are trained here, but cops in US are taught to advance and call for back up. A lot of times you have to take charge of a situation.
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Alphaape
likeitis, I have never had to do that and I hope I don't but I do recall taht before I fall asleep when they go over the safety instructions that they ask you to put the mask over yourself first, then the child. So by your logic, he should have protected himself first, and dropped the suspect and then checked for survivors.
Telling someone to stop and freeze while calling for backup is a safe bet. What if someone else where in there? Then his going in and helping them would have left him open to attack. So it would have probably been wise to call for back up, tell the perp to halt, and hope that he could help in time to see about the victim.
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Alphaape
I was watching a History Channel show on these events in the past, and one thing they found out was that in the case of the then new "Badger" bombers they had flying over one of these May Day parades, they only had a few of them. They kept flying them over and away and bringing it back to make it look like they had a lot more than was really the case. I imagine probably some of the same thing going on today.
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Alphaape
MeanRingo, I hope that is said in a sarcastic manner. I mean if the common citizen can watch TV on a cell phone, a simple matter of a radio with a collar device that the officer can speak into (I guess you have not been to Narita lately and seen the gurads there with such same device) could have been used. And to top that off, no need to dial, they are all set to a specific channel, just a matter of speaking into the mike with one hand on the transmit button, and the other hand with gun in hand telling said suspect to remain where they are to get on the ground.
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Alphaape
I am not a cop, and would have done the same thing, but like I said in my original post, don't they carry walkie-talkiw/radio on their uniform? A pulled gun on a person, in this case in Japan where more than likely the perp is probably not armed would do wonderst to stop a person. Not trying to play arm chair detective, but if a cop orders you to halt, while calling in on the radio and staying in one location keeping an eye on the suspect I would think that he could have had a handle on the situation, even without shooting.
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Alphaape
Smith: Electioni wins between parties go up and down, not like here in Japan where the LDP rules supreme. How exactly has my life improved by Obama? Well I did get a small tax decreas in my Fed Taxes from my paycheck. But wait, I just found out that my income tax will increas to cover the offset of the amount that I have been receiving since the payroll deduction change. Also, the Federal tax on cigarettes has gone up to $1.01 a pack (luckily I don't smoke). So those that do smoke at least a pack a day (roughly $30/month increase for an increase of $360/year, and that is just a pack a day smoker and I didn't even take into account the state and local tax increases on cigaretters either just fee)who may get a tax rebate will see it go "up in smoke."
And, the Taliban is still alive and well in Afg and Pakistan now (I guess Mushariff wasn't so bad after all), and they have not laid down their arms and rejoiced for Obama.
I hope he can do the things he promised, but right now I am not seeing anything.
Posted in: Obama to visit Egypt, Germany, France next month
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Alphaape
Just a memo to the Obama team. If he wants to cut down on the rhetoric that the right will probably throw at this trip, change the iteniary to this:
June 6 - visit the Normandy Beaches first. That way it will cool down the talk from his last visit in Europe when he did not go there. Schedule is out now, just say some domestic issues came up and you had to reschedule, so as to not say he is just trying for a PR stunt (in a way this whole trip is a PR stunt, but that is not important now).
June 7 - visit Buchenwald, but skip Dresden. WHen you go there, and no doubt apologize for the fire bombing there (done by the US Army Air Corps in the day and the RAF), that will give the right "more fuel to the fire" (no pun intended).
June 8 - Egypt. Now you can say all you want, but at least you will be able to counter these criticisms: 1-No recoginition of the sacrifices in WW2 by US troops (you went there first); 2-No supporter of Israel (you stopped by Buchenwald); 3-Pro Muslim (you stopped by there last on your trip).
True this will probably rile the Muslim groups and the left, but at least you can all ways point out that you went to Turkey first, and in your pre-planned speech you will be able to throw the U.S. under the bus a little harder to make up for going there last.
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Alphaape
I thought that the cops had radios on their uniforms, and all they had to do was press a mike. Also, I know this may sound a bit "western" but what happened to at least shooting the person (I know this it is difficult to aim but at least in the lower extremities) to make him stop. If he shoots back, then at least you know you had someone who probably did the crime. If he didn't, then you just say you are sorry and move on.
Come on J-cops, even the worst PD's in America may have been able to stop this guy.
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Alphaape
skipthesong: good points.
Posted in: Study: Poverty fueling Muslim tension with West
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Alphaape
likeitis, I made it out of high school, undergrad (BS in Engineering), and grad school. So let's take a look at your statements:
I guess you are probably now aware that Osama comes from one of the wealthiest families in Saudi Arabia. So his drive to cause tension in the west is probably not for the lack of his affluenece but because he does not like the ideals of the west.
I can tell the difference between general trends can you. Take a look at the 19 hijackers on 9/11. Some of them had come to America to study, or had student visas to study abroad. So I would say that they may not have been as "sown and out" if they were able to somehow manage to study abroad in Europe and America, and for that matter be able to gain admittance in western schools if indeed they come from such poor areas where a basic education couldn't be afforded.
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Alphaape
I seem to remember that the attackers at the airport in England (I think Scotland), and on the subway attacks seemed to come from middle class families and were not the poor ones.
And I seem to recall that this was one of the problems in Britian, the fact that these persons who conducted the attacks did not feel that they could relate to Britain, even though their parents who actually had immigrated from Pakistan felt that they related more to Britain. One of the reasons why many of the younger generation were flocking to more radical mosques. Also, if that many feel a strong sense of British identity, why is there such a push to enact sharia law in some circles.
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