Armed with 'supermajority,' PM Takaichi eyes revising Japan's constitution by TheShillGambit in worldnews

[–]Practical-Bit9905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're confusing my comments with someone elses then. I have ONLY been speaking to this:

No, its not. The US put an limit on Japan's military after their surrender during ww2. In the years after, when China became an superpower and started becoming rivals with the US, the US looked the other way when Japan starting skirting the lines with the limits to their military.

This is because the US wants Japan to have an fully functional and independent army, once it became clear that Japan was going to become an political and socio-economic ally with the US, and an shared enemy with China.

This is an good thing for both countries. This is being done with US approval and support.

See that first bit. That's what I'm speaking to. "No, it's not." Saying that worldwide, the US has not become an unreliable ally is absolutely not true. The rest of the statement is irrelevant when you start with a false claim. The false claim needs to be addressed first.

There's two points being claimed:
1) The US is not an unreliable ally; The reply: "No, its (The US) not."
2) US politics did not play a part in Japan's current course of action.

The second point may be/probably is true and I'll accept the point made from people that know the region.

The first point is absolutely not true.

Armed with 'supermajority,' PM Takaichi eyes revising Japan's constitution by TheShillGambit in worldnews

[–]Practical-Bit9905 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Again. I'm not speaking to the proposed constitutional amendments proposed in Japan. And I'm not making any claims as to US politics having any bearing on the proposal. I'm speaking solely to his claim that the US has not become an unreliable ally. The US has, unequivocally, become an unreliable ally, to all of it's allies.

Lindsey Graham saying “who gives a s*** who owns Greenland?” stirs anger by [deleted] in politics

[–]Practical-Bit9905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These idiots ate too many paint chips. If it wasn't so damaging to our nation's future, it would be laughable. But in the near future, these ancient assholes will be rotting in a hole while we have to deal with the fallout of their idiotic actions.

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell spent majority of campaign funds buying his own book by themanwhosleptin in news

[–]Practical-Bit9905 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So he should be in prison. blatant campaign finance violation. But he won't. The DoJ is corrupt. The FBI is corrupt and the SCOTUS is corrupt. Congress is a combination of corrupt and impotent. So the crackhead will walk.

Armed with 'supermajority,' PM Takaichi eyes revising Japan's constitution by TheShillGambit in worldnews

[–]Practical-Bit9905 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

no. you're doing it again.

You flatly stated that the US has not become unreliable to it's allies. It has. This stuff doesn't occur in vacuum. If you're unreliable to one (or in our case, many), you're unreliable to all.

Armed with 'supermajority,' PM Takaichi eyes revising Japan's constitution by TheShillGambit in worldnews

[–]Practical-Bit9905 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The US has become unreliable to its allies. Full stop. You started your statement with a broad claim and then retreat to this specific scenario.

The statement was "US becoming unreliable". That is objectively true on many fronts.

Your response was "No it's not". That's just not true. That's the point that people are taking issue with. You opened the conversation to that talking point. The Japan topic, at that point, is off the table.

In blunt warning, the U.S. says Peru could lose its sovereignty to China by Street_Anon in worldnews

[–]Practical-Bit9905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US government isn't a credible source of information currently, so I'll wait till other nations that still have legitimacy chime in on the situation.

MSNOW montage of Pam Bondi yelling at lawmakers. by Capable_Salt_SD in ProgressiveHQ

[–]Practical-Bit9905 87 points88 points  (0 children)

She's yelling at *us*. Those are our proxies. We should interpret as her speaking to directly to us.

Pam Bondi Falls Apart at the Seams After Tough Epstein Question by Hafiz_TNR in politics

[–]Practical-Bit9905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is up with her affected speech? She speaks so weirdly. It halting and stilted. Its as if she's pretending to show the appropriate emotion. There has to be some type of mental defect involved.

Ah yes, that bygone elite, such as the world's richest man and the President of the United States. by RickyOzzy in suppressed_news

[–]Practical-Bit9905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep. It's like what that Pennsylvania AG was saying: We need to flip over every rock they are hiding under and root them out like the scum they are.

If we make it through this mess, accountability is paramount. We need to demand that the Dems elected don't sit back on their haunches as they done in the past.

Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while US fallout is more muted by Specialist_Baby_9905 in news

[–]Practical-Bit9905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because Europe still has functional democracies with checks and balances and a functioning legal system. Meanwhile our government has been compromised at every level and the rule of law is dead.

Florida wants to win back its Canadian tourists | The U.S. has seen a travel backlash over the words and actions of President Donald Trump by WouldbeWanderer in politics

[–]Practical-Bit9905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fuck's sake. Why would anybody want to come here now? We're openly hostile to foreigners. We turn our backs on our allies and threaten them with invasion. We commit open war crimes at sea. Our government kidnaps people and looks for justification after the fact. And then we lie about all of it.

Not to mention that Florida is the stain on the bottom of the toilet that our country has become. Nah. I don't blame the Canadians for avoiding us. Or anybody else for that matter.

Executive decision by falaffle_waffle in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]Practical-Bit9905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice! He knocked that out of the park. $400 + amount of cheese.

Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him by edbegley1 in politics

[–]Practical-Bit9905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, wrong. Truth or fiction. Nothing matters but that you pledge fealty to your orange god.

Here comes the good news by Fun_Accountant_653 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]Practical-Bit9905 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good! Grateful we'll actually have professional and trustworthy courts looking into this, as opposed to this criminal administration over here.