Comments on: Send their lazy asses to Iraq! http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/12/12/send-their-lazy-asses-to-iraq/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: BS http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/12/12/send-their-lazy-asses-to-iraq/#comment-9288 BS Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:00:10 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1320#comment-9288 He didn't say they were lazy. He was talking about young people who commit violent crimes and who are guilty of delinquency. He is not the first man--in any one of several countries--who thought the basic discipline provided by military life (getting up and going to bed at certain times, responsibility for tasks, physical training) would be a good idea for wayward youth. In fact, it works in many cases. Then, there is the fact that the Japanese in Iraq are not engaging in combat. They also are engaging in "service" by helping another people. The man's comment in not PC, and certainly old-fashioned, but he does have his points, "rightist" or not. Watch out for those knees jerking. Also, the idea that the modern SDF are anything similar to the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII is rather insulting, not to mention ill-informed. He didn’t say they were lazy. He was talking about young people who commit violent crimes and who are guilty of delinquency.

He is not the first man–in any one of several countries–who thought the basic discipline provided by military life (getting up and going to bed at certain times, responsibility for tasks, physical training) would be a good idea for wayward youth. In fact, it works in many cases.
Then, there is the fact that the Japanese in Iraq are not engaging in combat. They also are engaging in “service” by helping another people.

The man’s comment in not PC, and certainly old-fashioned, but he does have his points, “rightist” or not. Watch out for those knees jerking.

Also, the idea that the modern SDF are anything similar to the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII is rather insulting, not to mention ill-informed.

]]> By: Matthew Stinson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/12/12/send-their-lazy-asses-to-iraq/#comment-9287 Matthew Stinson Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:47:30 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1320#comment-9287 Shades of Battle Royale. One wonders if Takeshi Kitano will organize the training of the SDF juvenile delinquent squads. Shades of Battle Royale. One wonders if Takeshi Kitano will organize the training of the SDF juvenile delinquent squads.

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