Lt Ehren Watada

bexchurnside · 5 Dec 2006

I would like to know if any of you Japanese nationals are aware of Lt. Ehren Watada? I would like to know the Japanese perspective of Lt. Ehren Watada?
Do you regard him as a hero, who stood up against an illegal war on Iraq? Or are you folks oblivious to what goes on outside of Japan?

Mikawa Ossan · 5 Dec 2006

My opinion in a nutshell: It's an American issue. His ancestry is purely incidental.

napaj · 6 Feb 2007

Actually it became a Japanese issue tonight (if not earlier) when Ehren's story made it on a popular current events show. The show seemed to note disagreement some Americans have with the war and Ehren was painted as the shining example. His ancestry didn't seem incidental to the story as they framed the corner of the screen with the fact. My opinion in a 2DKshell: Japanese people in Japan like to showcase famous international Japanese so yes it IS an issue in Japan.

Mike Cash · 7 Feb 2007

We already had a thread on this. And just because it was on a Japanese television show doesn't make it a Japanese issue. Even more, unless he was stationed in Japan at the time, it has nothing to do with "U.S. Forces in Japan" and should at the very least be moved to a more appropriate subfora.

Sukotto · 7 Feb 2007

Under
"Nikkei Affairs"

Japanese-American is first officer to refuse to go to Iraq

KirinMan · 7 Feb 2007

bexchurnside said:
I would like to know if any of you Japanese nationals are aware of Lt. Ehren Watada? I would like to know the Japanese perspective of Lt. Ehren Watada?
Do you regard him as a hero, who stood up against an illegal war on Iraq? Or are you folks oblivious to what goes on outside of Japan?

Outside of the comments on this thread being in the wrong location, and hopefully a moderator here will move it soon............

I take offense at the insinuation here that we living here in Japan are unaware of what is going on around the world.

Sukotto · 7 Feb 2007

Obeika said:
I take offense at the insinuation here that we living here in Japan are unaware of what is going on around the world.

Maybe the person is used to dealing with people in the US, who by and large pay almost no attention to what goes on outside their country?

JimmySeal · 7 Feb 2007

bexchurnside said:
Do you regard him as a hero, who stood up against an illegal war on Iraq? Or are you folks oblivious to what goes on outside of Japan?

I guess I should expect this kind of ignorant comment from a crazy urine drinker.

For the record, I regard Lt. Watada as a wuss.

jonathancameron · 7 Feb 2007

He should do the Alberto Fujimori trip by seeking exile in Japan. He wouldnt want to be working in Okinawa as a translator, now wouldnt he? He would also not have to see any combat, as translators are hard to train. (In his case, he is already fluent, and thus does not required training). 日系米国軍人として、沖縄を占領統治すると、先祖を裏切ることであろう。

KirinMan · 7 Feb 2007

jonathancameron said:
He should do the Alberto Fujimori trip by seeking exile in Japan. He wouldnt want toﾂ be working in Okinawa as a translator, now wouldnt he? He would also not have to see any combat, as translators are hard to train. (In his case, he is already fluent, and thus does not required training). 窶愿ｺﾅ地窶｢ﾃ?坂?佛坦ﾂ人窶堙??堋ｵ窶堙?、窶ｰﾂｫ窶愿ｪ窶堙ｰﾂ静ｨ窶氾娯?慊敘ｽﾂ｡窶堋ｷ窶堙ｩ窶堙?、ﾂ静ｦ窶歪窶堙ｰ窶板?ﾂ静倪?堙ｩ窶堋ｱ窶堙??堙??堋?窶堙ｫ窶堋､ﾂ。

Ignorance abounds here sometimes doesn't it?

Lt Ehren Watada

bexchurnside

Kouhai

Mikawa Ossan

いかんわ！

napaj

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Mike Cash

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Sukotto

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KirinMan

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Sukotto

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JimmySeal

Tubthumper

jonathancameron

Kouhai

KirinMan

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