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2005-10-28 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan ruling party proposes having 'real' military

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Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-10-28 14:17|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I just got 2 books on learning Japanese. I am considering a Japanese foreign exchange student. We need to keep Japan close to us. Our future lays in the Pacific and Ring of Fire not in the Atlantic and Europe.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-10-28 14:46|| 2005-10-28 14:46|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm all for it. Japan has grown up and joined the rest of the world (and in a lot of cases, surpased it).

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-28 16:12|| 2005-10-28 16:12|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet China is crapping it's collective drawers right about now. Not to mention the Koreas, Indonesia, etc.

Posted by Devil Yack">Devil Yack 2005-10-28 16:28|| devilyack.blogspot.com]">[devilyack.blogspot.com] 2005-10-28 16:28|| Front Page Top

Make it so.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-28 16:48|| 2005-10-28 16:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Japan abandoned the right to wage war or maintain a military under Article Nine of its postwar constitution, but the article has been interpreted to allow forces for self-defense.

A constitution largely written and imposed upon them by the administration of the American [Shogun]MacArthur. They've been doing just what they were told to do. I think that 50 years of honorable behavior and real democratic evolution has established them as a member in high standing in the world's list of the good guys.

Posted by Phiter Fling7346 2005-10-28 17:44|| 2005-10-28 17:44|| Front Page Top

#6 The Japanese by all acounts liked and respected MacArthur. Democracy and Americanism gener has been very good to Japan despite seeming defects. Reminds me of Nixon.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-10-28 22:58|| 2005-10-28 22:58|| Front Page Top

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