Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:

>>>He can refuse, or quit. Or disobey any order to deploy
>>>outright. People who don't want to get hurt or die, or
>>>their loved ones to get hurt or die, should reconsider
>>>such careers.
>>
>>In the case of her boyfriend/husband/brother/whatever, there is a very
>>strong likelihood that *at the time of enlistment* it was explicitly
>>understood by all and sundry that service in the JSDF would not involve
>>deployment outside of Japan and/or its exclusion zone except for
>>training abroad or possibly (if he signed up within the last 10 years)
>>on UN blue helmet duties.
> 
> If they are that ignorant about what their training or jobs are about, then
> they (JSDF) need to get real.

Do you actually read a post before replying to it? Do you understand
what is meant by the terms "time of enlistment" and "term of
enlistment"? We have no way of knowing what her partner's views are (I
would think that he probably wants to go), but if he did sign up at any
stage before say 2001 or so, then the terms of his enlistment as
presented to him would have been fairly different to what is now
occuring. Do you dispute that?

> Interestingly
> enough, it is reported that SDF members aren't the ones complaining.

As I said above, he probably wants to go. All of the members of my
family who have served were also keen to go (to Iraq and elsewhere).
Considering the opportunities for promotion, danger pay etc, why
wouldn't any professional soldier not want to?

>>Depending on the term of his current
>>enlistment, he may not yet have been given the opportunity to reconsider
>>his position now that the goal posts have been shifted.
> 
> I feel as sorry for that man, as I feel for any other person deployed.

No need to. And as a general rule the best thing to do with your
sympathy would be to shove it far up your arse.

> But he needs no "opportunity". If being safe or staying with his girlfriend
> in Sapporo are so important (again note that it is his girlfriend being the
> selfish bitch, there is NO mention of what the man thinks or says), he can
> handle that right now.

Well there is only one way he would be able to handle it - ie leave her
and go to the middle east as ordered. I find it incredible that you
could suggest "He can refuse, or quit. Or disobey any order to deploy
outright".


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