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2002-12-09 Southeast Asia

Japanese "Comfortable" with Howard’s Pre-emptive Strike Comments

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Posted by Patrick Phillips 2002-12-09 12:10 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Japanese don't have much to be a-quiver about. They track down their own Bad Guys with a fair amount of diligence. Arabs stand out like sore thumbs in downtown Kagoshima, so they're easy to track down. And they don't have what you might call a large Muslim community. So Howard authorizing an incursion into some country that doesn't bother chasing down Bad Guys, or even actively gives them shelter, is no skin of the Japanese fore.

Posted by Fred 2002-12-09 14:58:28|| 2002-12-09 14:58:28|| Front Page Top

#2 It's very important; the number 2 military power in Asia ex-USA is Japan (qualitatively) so what the Japanese say is important to the strategic calculus.

Posted by Brian 2002-12-09 18:53:24|| 2002-12-09 18:53:24|| Front Page Top

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