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Offline thundley4

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Japan's Prime Minister Steps Down Over Base
« on: June 01, 2010, 09:00:41 PM »


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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa.

The comments came in a news conference broadcast nationwide.

After eight months in office, the embattled prime minister has faced growing pressure from within his own party to resign ahead of July elections.

His approval ratings have plummeted over the bungling, reinforcing his public image as an indecisive leader after only eight months in office.
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Re: Japan's Prime Minister Steps Down Over Base
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2010, 09:02:35 PM »
Right. I am sure that is the real reason.
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Re: Japan's Prime Minister Steps Down Over Base
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2010, 09:08:48 PM »
Damn.  Now if we could just get Obama to do the same.
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Re: Japan's Prime Minister Steps Down Over Base
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2010, 09:13:14 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on June 01, 2010, 09:08:48 PM
Damn.  Now if we could just get Obama to do the same.

He did say that he was going to close Gitmo, that is the equivalent or more so of the Japanese PM's failure to remove the marine base.  Obama should resign as the failure he is.
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Re: Japan's Prime Minister Steps Down Over Base
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2010, 09:22:37 PM »
The German president stepped down yesterday.

So........

Who's next?
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Re: Japan's Prime Minister Steps Down Over Base
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2010, 10:32:36 PM »
Well, goes to show what happens when.....



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Re: Japan's Prime Minister Steps Down Over Base
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2010, 12:28:18 AM »
meh...it's not like we are there by way of invitation... :evillaugh:
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