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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: wpeters on April 09, 2015, 10:12:15 AM
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Very interesting article on a retired Japanese Zero pilot on the future.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/04/world/asia/retired-japanese-fighter-pilot-sees-an-old-danger-on-the-horizon.html?referrer=
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I'm not surprised that the Japanese school system avoids the topic of war, most notably, World War Two.
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Very deep :aok
:salute
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I recently shared this article on FB...
IMO Japan might not have a choice especially defending her territorial waters or some kind of regional territorial conflict.
The roles have been reversed, China is and IMO will be the aggressor in any type of conflict over there.
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History repeating itself? Whuuuuuuuuuuut?
World War 1 ----> World War II
Vietnam ------> Iraq War
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I'm not surprised that the Japanese school system avoids the topic of war, most notably, World War Two.
It did mention in the article that people are loosing sight of why it's best not to go to war. I'm afraid that even learning about it in school might not be enough. Though from what I understand, counties tend not to teach about wars that they lost. In my school we spent a week going over WWII, same with WWI and the revolution. For Vietnam, we read a paragraph in our text books and never covered the topic again. When I asked why, the excuse I was given was that "we were never technically at war."
Honestly the only thing that can really convey what war is like is to actually be there fighting in it. Nothing else can put you in a position where you experience what it's like to take the life of someone else or watch your best friend get blown up right next to you. The next closest thing is movies, and while these aren't on the same level, there have been some made that were stunningly well portrayed. Unfortunately, Japan has some very heavy censorship laws and I'm not sure that something that realistic would ever be shown in Japan.
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I recently shared this article on FB...
IMO Japan might not have a choice especially defending her territorial waters or some kind of regional territorial conflict.
The roles have been reversed, China is and IMO will be the aggressor in any type of conflict over there.
Yes and all the US investment companies who have all your pension portfolios invested in said country
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:rofl
The North Koreans are to blame as well for everything .
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A non retired Japanese Zero pilot... now that would be news :rofl
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It did mention in the article that people are loosing sight of why it's best not to go to war. I'm afraid that even learning about it in school might not be enough. Though from what I understand, counties tend not to teach about wars that they lost. In my school we spent a week going over WWII, same with WWI and the revolution. For Vietnam, we read a paragraph in our text books and never covered the topic again. When I asked why, the excuse I was given was that "we were never technically at war."
That is terrible.
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I think they just want us to pay for the defense of Asia. Both in $$ and blood.
Kindergartener's might be receptive to his message but I doubt the leadership of China and NK are.
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And we forget the horrors of Statist regimes that can send all our young men to war. War and total government go hand in hand. In fact, war is the ultimate expression of the power of state.
boo
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I think they just want us to pay for the defense of Asia. Both in $$ and blood.
Kindergartener's might be receptive to his message but I doubt the leadership of China and NK are.
:rofl
There are lizard men in the middle of the earth
They want us to pay jn $$ and blood in china the biggest importer of American food products :rofl
Iran is not the bad guy anymore :rofl
dont you get the feeling your getting played?
What do you think of the Swiss with the biggest arms industry in Europe...... nothing or the Saudis...nothing
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I'm not surprised that the Japanese school system avoids the topic of war, most notably, World War Two.
The school mentality there is why put more time studying the past when they have something more important to do like maintaining their spot in the top-3 PISA rankings in math, science & reading. I also heard they brought back Saturday school because Japan was slipping in the math/science/reading OECD PISA rankings a decade ago.
Also, the young ones there would rather play video games (portables), read manga and/or watch late nite anime like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sldoEbZrZc than dwell in "history".