Japan votes to send troops to Iraq

[BarneyFife]

Link

 

[mastertech01]

Good for them, let the building of the infrastructure begin.

 

[Nitemare]

despite delaying tactics by the opposition that deteriorated into a wild shoving match

During the committee meeting, outraged opposition legislators shouted and tried to push their way through a ring of ruling party lawmakers to get at the committee chairman, who had cut short the debate. The chairman called a vote amid the grappling and tackling.

The opposition had tried to stall passage of the legislation for days, submitting one censure motion after another against Koizumi, his Cabinet ministers and other ruling party officials in Parliament with long filibuster-style speeches and slow-motion voting.

Why does this sound so familiar?

Yookoso

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

despite delaying tactics by the opposition that deteriorated into a wild shoving match

During the committee meeting, outraged opposition legislators shouted and tried to push their way through a ring of ruling party lawmakers to get at the committee chairman, who had cut short the debate. The chairman called a vote amid the grappling and tackling.

The opposition had tried to stall passage of the legislation for days, submitting one censure motion after another against Koizumi, his Cabinet ministers and other ruling party officials in Parliament with long filibuster-style speeches and slow-motion voting.

Why does this sound so familiar?

Yookoso

How so?

 

[drewshin]

i think it reminded him of strom thurmond's famous fillibuster, wasn't it like a 24 hour non stop speech?

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

So if every nation with a military sends 1K troops we can double the coalition . . . maybe NK will send 2K.

 

[Phuz]

Never before has Japan sent forces overseas without a UN mandate. In the past 10 years, small numbers have joined the UN's peacekeeping operations in Mozambique, Cambodia, Zaire, the Golan Heights and East Timor.

But no Japanese soldier has fired a gun in combat since 1945, nor have any of them been killed in action because they have been restricted to low-risk activities - such as reconstruction - in safe areas.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

The Japanese have been considering rebuilding a military for some time, especially in the last year or so. The problem for them is they are reluctant to do so for cultural reasons, and the collective memory of WWII. Hard to say for sure of course, but I expect a build up of militaries in many countries (EU/russia, China, Japan) over the next 50 years. Too bad.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Following the coast line of Asia from from the Sae of Okhotsk past Japan into
what was once Indochina, you can begin to see the western rim of Oceana.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: lozina

Originally posted by: Nitemare

despite delaying tactics by the opposition that deteriorated into a wild shoving match

During the committee meeting, outraged opposition legislators shouted and tried to push their way through a ring of ruling party lawmakers to get at the committee chairman, who had cut short the debate. The chairman called a vote amid the grappling and tackling.

The opposition had tried to stall passage of the legislation for days, submitting one censure motion after another against Koizumi, his Cabinet ministers and other ruling party officials in Parliament with long filibuster-style speeches and slow-motion voting.

Why does this sound so familiar?

Yookoso

How so?

think anti-war (angry and violent)peace protestors
as well as any judicial nominee lately.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: lozina

Originally posted by: Nitemare

despite delaying tactics by the opposition that deteriorated into a wild shoving match

During the committee meeting, outraged opposition legislators shouted and tried to push their way through a ring of ruling party lawmakers to get at the committee chairman, who had cut short the debate. The chairman called a vote amid the grappling and tackling.

The opposition had tried to stall passage of the legislation for days, submitting one censure motion after another against Koizumi, his Cabinet ministers and other ruling party officials in Parliament with long filibuster-style speeches and slow-motion voting.

Why does this sound so familiar?

Yookoso

How so?

think anti-war (angry and violent)peace protestors
as well as any judicial nominee lately.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that on any given day Japan's Parliament was likely to bust out into brawls.