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northlondon
Everyone knows that the Japanese cannot do a thing about the Northern Territories and that's that. There is no way that the Russians will hand anything back. But that does not mean that the Japanese government do not have the right to complain about the use of those territories for Russia's political sideshow.
Posted in: Kan calls Medvedev's isle visit 'unforgivable outrage'
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northlondon
If the Russians feel the need to treat the islands as some kind of political war trophy, when they should have just kept quiet about it if they intend to keep those territories, then I don't see why so many posters are upset with the Japanese quite rightly voicing their displeasure at these political visits. The islands are still under dispute and negotiation by both sides, so the Japanese are right in being angry about these visits.
Posted in: Kan calls Medvedev's isle visit 'unforgivable outrage'
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northlondon
AdamB,
You definitely have a real chip on your shoulder about the Japanese. Unfortunately that blinds your knowledge of the history between Japan and the Russians during World War II. Read my post above, and maybe you should go back to school to learn what really happened. How anyone can condone the Russians dirty invasion of those islands and not recognise it is beyond belief.
Posted in: Kan calls Medvedev's isle visit 'unforgivable outrage'
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northlondon
Your complete lack of knowledge about Japan's history of hostilities with the Russians during the Second World War is truly alarming.
The Japanese never declared war on the Russians. In fact, a non-aggression pact was negotiated between Matsuoka Yösuke and Stalin in 1941 and Stalin was the one who broke the terms of the agreement. The dirty Russians declared war on Japan after the 1st atomic bomb and when Japan was all but finished off (the 2nd atomic bomb did that). A little bit like kicking the school bully whilst he was on the floor after he received a final beating from the kid who stood up to him. The kid who stood up to him (the US) never felt the need to steal any oil-rich territory from that bully (Japan). But the sneaky kid (Russia) who never had any issues with the bully decides it's a good time to stick the boot in regardless.
'The territory was captured in a war'? Damn that's more funny.
Posted in: Kan calls Medvedev's isle visit 'unforgivable outrage'
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northlondon
I'm with the Japanese government on this one. What all the anti-Japanese posters on here do not realise, is that the Japanese government were content until now just to show quiet disapproval with the Russian ownership of these islands, but not to make too much of it. That was, until that puppet Medvedev and now the Defense Minister decided to put on their vote-seeking roadshows and highlight Russia's ownership of the islands.
The Japanese government are totally in the right to step up their protests about this flagrant use of the islands as some political vote earner, considering the dirty manner in which the Russians sneaked in when Japan had already surrendered to the US.
Posted in: Kan calls Medvedev's isle visit 'unforgivable outrage'
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northlondon
Sarge, I think you just worked it out. Pres O and Hilary C put pressure on Mubarak to leave. The Islamic Bros take power. The Islamic Bros step out of line, prompting Pres O and Hilary C to move into Egypt and thus take full control of the Suez Ditch. You heard it here first.
Posted in: Message for Mubarak
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northlondon
Then the pro-Mubarak supporters would also be entitled to bring their country to a standstill because they didn't agree with the government. In turn gaining sympathy from the BBC and from Pres Obama. No?
Posted in: Message for Mubarak
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northlondon
and for balanced impartial reporting, also watch the BBC report showing pro-Mubarak supporters taken away by the opposition mob, bundled into cars, and never heard of again. This is not a one-way argument.
Posted in: Message for Mubarak
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northlondon
and after their serious political rally about the future of Egypt, they all went back home to their comfortable homes in Tokyo/ Saitama/ Chiba and had tonkatsu for tea...
Posted in: Message for Mubarak
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northlondon
Or alternatively you could sign your name on the website dontallowactiviststochangegovernmentwithrioting.com
You stand with a minority of activists wanting to put their man in control. Not with the people of Egypt.
Posted in: Anti-Mubarak activists pour into Cairo's main square
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northlondon
Maybe if you actually watched the coverage from the BBC then you could judge it for yourself. Pretty sure I wasn't dreaming when I watched the BBC last night.
So when the US government are calling for Mubarak to respect the people and leave at official press conferences, is that their way of not being too obvious about their love for him? And the BBC's rather prejudiced anti-Mubarak view being beamed around the world, is also the British governments way of not being too obvious about their support for him?
Posted in: Anti-Mubarak activists pour into Cairo's main square
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northlondon
Willi,
I was referring to the pro-opposition demonstration posters here on Japan Today. The posters who are protesting why Mubarak has not left office and how he should just go. My defence is that he is trying to keep the situation calm and not just leave his country in civil war.
Posted in: Anti-Mubarak activists pour into Cairo's main square
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northlondon
You've contradicted your own statement without realising it. The reason why a bunch of folks created chaos all the way back in 1776 was indeed so that we could enjoy our modern-day definition of democracy. And our definition of democracy means voting in an election with a ballot box and no longer having to resort to creating chaos anymore!
Posted in: Anti-Mubarak activists pour into Cairo's main square
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northlondon
Unless any of us here are Egyptian and living in Egypt, I don't think we can make sweeping statements about Mubarak's phony elections and his iron fist. That is just your personal (western) opinion. Were George Bush's elections whiter-than-white? Do the British police force deal with anti-student fee demonstrators lightly and softly?
What you and some others here do not understand is that some of us are not supporting Mubarak and his policies in any way. We are merely highlighting the grave precedent it sets when a rioting mob are allowed to dictate government change. That is just common sense.
And this is not 1776.
Posted in: Anti-Mubarak activists pour into Cairo's main square
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northlondon
Even Japan Today are at it. The news footage I watched last night showed some pro-Mubarak supporter in an awful state being dragged away by an opposition mob (and Gold help him after that). Yet the headline here is only reporting on the pro-Mubarak attacks. Even the caption picture on this news story is showing a pro-Mubarak supporter acting aggressively and no balance by showing the opposition acitivists doing the same.
This is a done deal amongst the western news organisations and clearly being directed by the US and British governments who want Mubarak out.
Posted in: Anti-Mubarak activists pour into Cairo's main square
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northlondon
I'm not quite sure what Mubarak is doing wrong in some peoples eyes. His responses have been measured and calm. He has even offered to stand down in September, despite being hounded out of office by opposition activists. And for a nation with the most strategic waterway on this planet, he is completely correct in saying that there will be chaos if he leaves now. It will become another Iraq. Don't trust any government supporting this coup, as they are only interested in a power share of the Suez Canal (eh, President Obama?).
And the BBC's reporting has been a one-sided disgrace to the term journalism. Anything to do with the opposition demonstrations has used the expressions democracy and people power. However, their reporting on the pro-Mubarak supporters included accusations of their banners looking suspicious and professionally made. Why not describe the opposition banners as suspicious? Especially as this whole uprising was planned in advance by the opposition. Independent journalism it is not.
Posted in: Anti-Mubarak activists pour into Cairo's main square
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northlondon
And whilst you watch on your TV, from the comfort of your living room, anti-government opposition activists demonstrating, you are perfectly happy in your TV living room world to accept those opposition activists as representing the majority of the whole population of Egypt? Is that your idea of "real democracy" then? Amongst a nation which has a voting population of 44.5 million. There were 23 million people demonstrating were there? I don't think so.
Posted in: Egyptian army moves to stop assault on protesters
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northlondon
and signalled the death of soccer in Oceania, caused by one of it's very own territories. Meanwhile Blatter bleats on about promoting the game to new parts of the world by giving the World Cup to Qatar, whilst soccer in Oceania gets buried.
Oh please. I think I'm going to throw up. It was a money decision based on greed and made for all the wrong reasons.
Posted in: Japan rises into top 20 of FIFA rankings
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northlondon
sabiwabi,
Interesting that you are accusing some of being misinformed, whilst you yourself declare that Mubarak is pro-Israeli and pro the peace treaty with Israel. Who do you think got Egypt back into the League of Arab States after their exclusion for signing the peace treaty? Do you seriously believe that the Arab States would have allowed Egypt back if Mubarak was pro-Israeli?
As for your comment ridiculing the ballot box and the vote as a better form of democracy. I take that as your support for outright disorder and rioting in the streets to decide who forms a government and when the opposition party want power?
Very silly.
Posted in: Egyptian army moves to stop assault on protesters
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northlondon
After their accountants calculated how much more money Australia would bring into the Asian federation. If we are going to base our national identities on TV money and ticket sales, then lets have Brazil into Europe and the USA in South America. Brazil and England - 2 good teams representing Europe with pride.
Posted in: Japan rises into top 20 of FIFA rankings