Monday May 28, 2012

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    kaatosan

    Giant shopping malls? This is BS. The buildings are sometimes large and they have food courts but they aren't giant, even by Japanese standards. They don't even compare in offerings to what I see at Grandberry Mall and other Japanese Malls. What an irresponsible and factually incorrect statement.

    As others have said, the golf courses, etc pay for themselves. In fact, most (>70%) of the patrons I see at the golf courses aren't Americans - they are JAPANESE. And this also belies the fact that many of the business provide income to Japanese people living in the communities.

    And if Japan wants to provide their own security - fine! But don't complain about the Chinese protests over increased Japanese militarization. And don't complain about how expensive it is.

    Posted in: Japan balks at $2 billion bill to host U.S. troops

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    kaatosan

    What winter? This hasn't been winter at all really - just an extended Fall.

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    kaatosan

    I think it's pretty clear there were inexplicable delays. When you realize that Haiti is 2 hrs from the US by plane - it's hard to understand why there wasn't immediate mobilization.

    But I suppose you've got to worry about logistics of moving mass amounts of stuff, and stepping on any Haitian sovereignty issues (e.g., Need permission to fly into their airspace, etc.)

    The French were P.O.'d because the US military mobilized there as if it were a military operation to take over the country. At least that's what their impression was. Unfortunately, you need something coordinated and that's going to look like a military operation. And unfortunately, security has to be provided as the poverty and level of desperation there is extraordinary.

    Posted in: Why is there so much criticism of the quake relief effort in Haiti, whether it is of the U.S., Japan, China or others?

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