Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> [No, the show did not explain how the US military
> served the US or Japan, nor how they are risking life
> and limb in the Middle East this very moment, while
> they whine and bitch (or ooh and aah) about the "free"
> and "easy" lives of the US service personnel.]

Nor mentioning that those living State-side who aren't officers don't
get it quite so nice.

> I am certainly not holding my breath for the show to
> remind Japanese that despite all the Japanese pain
> during and after the war, the US military is the single
> biggest reason they are free today, or why North Korea
> is listening to what they have to say.

I'm going to play Devil's Advocate:  Maybe they still would have been
free without U.S. protection if they didn't have the pacifist clause in
the constitution?

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