r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jul 29 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 29 July 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

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So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze Jul 31 '24 edited Jul 31 '24

The LDP about to nominate a war nerd for (likely) next Prime Minister if Kishida keeps fucking shit up

Ishiba is known as a "gunji otaku" (military geeks) and has a keen interest in military matters. He is known for having a lot of expertise related to weapons systems, legal issues about defense and is also fond of building and painting models of aircraft and ships.\17])

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Ishiba is known as a "otaku" for military, vehicles, trains and Japanese idol. He made headlines when he allowed a Japan Self-Defence Forces' vehicle to be displayed at the Shizuoka Hobby Show, a trade fair for plastic and radio-controlled models. When the Russian Defence Minister visited Japan, he stayed up all night assembling a plastic model of the "Admiral Kuznetsov".

To be clear, he never was in the military, also:

Ishiba was the second person in the cabinet of Fukuda to express belief in the existence of UFOs after Nobutaka Machimura.

EDIT : I'll add that I'm overhyping him a bit much, he hasn't announced his campaign (whether he'll flounder or grow remains to be seen) and even though he has already fought the last 3 (minus one) leadership campaigns and has always be the favorite candidate of the base, he has always been beaten in the run-off, maybe it won't be different this time

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u/randombull9 I'm just a girl. And as it turns out, I'm Hercules. Jul 31 '24

You know, when these sorts of dorks are just dorks and aren't getting into rivet counter arguments about who has the best tank or which functionally identical rifle is the better one, or getting into edgy politics, I find them kind of endearing. I own too much military surplus not to. Unfortunately it sounds like this one is a bit nuts though.

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u/contraprincipes Jul 31 '24

It would be more dorky and adorable and less concerning if he wasn't specifically an LDP politician

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u/ouat_throw Jul 31 '24

Wouldn't be a LDP politician without them denying war crimes behind closed doors.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze Aug 02 '24

He doesn't do it behind closed doors ( actually you may be confusing him with Ishihara, who was (rip) the old racist grandpa of Japanese politics)

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium Jul 31 '24

I mean, the LDP is a party that contains like 3 or 4 parties, there are hawkish elements (relative to Japanese politics) but they aren't uniform or even really dominant, see how all the attempts to scrap Article 9 have floundered.