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Bilateral bonds: Ground Self-Defense Force troops train with the U.S. Marines on Guam last September to 'recapture' an isolated island that's hypothetically fallen into enemy hands. | KYODO
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I just ran across this picture, and it really struck me how things are so completely different nowadays. Seventy years ago, such a photo couldn't even be conceived of.
Bilateral bonds: Ground Self-Defense Force troops train with the U.S. Marines on Guam last September to 'recapture' an isolated island that's hypothetically fallen into enemy hands. | KYODONo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful. -
What is so unusual about the photo?"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
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The presence of an HD video camera on the left."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Also, I see a digital watch and the uniforms are probably made from synthetic fibres that did not exist 70 years ago."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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the guns tooTo us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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We were killing each other in a beach invasion on Guam 70 years ago. We are practicing a beach invasion together on Guam now.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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My god you guys are a laugh riot.
TMM? (edit x-post)"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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Oh. Alright.Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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It just goes to show that the best way to make new friends is to nuke them first ?Comment
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I imagine a quick search could find endless examples of former enemies working together 70 years on.
It doesn't strike me as terribly unusual.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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More important for what it represents for the future than what it represents for the past."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003Comment
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Sure, but still not unusual.
I'd bet you guys have done some military exercises with the dirty Japs since WW2 as well."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
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You're touching on it. I think there was a lot more naked hatred involved in the pacific theatre.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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There was some nasty stuff there.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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