A U.S. service member was arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery after a Japanese woman’s body was discovered in a hotel in Okinawa, local officials said, describing the alleged killing as a “heinous” incident that prompted the Japanese government to lodge a protest with the United States.
Shinjiro Koizumi, the Japanese minister of defense, said a U.S. Marine lance corporal was arrested on Sunday after the woman’s body was found early on Saturday in Naha, the capital city of the Okinawa prefecture.
NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, identified the suspect as Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who was stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, a base a few miles outside Naha. The broadcaster identified the alleged victim as Yagi Anna, 39, saying she was pronounced dead at the scene after being found at about 4:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the Okinawa Prefectural Police were investigating the incident as a murder.
Might want to read up on the history of how America became a nation of mostly white European people to begin with.
I also assume you meant “be an apologist for”. Not “I’m not going to apologize for”.
Still, the “past bad thing” was so much worse than “current bad thing” is not helpful. It’s not at all helpful; and is literally used by the perpetrators of the current crimes to justify their actions through a false sense of moral superiority. “The most moral military” loves to do this all the time. Don’t do it for them.
There is no reason to “hand it to” the IDF or the US empire while describing the crimes of Japan. You can get a point across without doing that.