Japan passes law allowing troops to fight abroad

[Stelio Kontos]

Good! U.S now can withdraw from the Korea and allow Japan to take care of South Korea incase of North Korea invasion.

Yeah, I'm fairly certain Japanese troops in Korea would go over like a lead balloon for the locals.

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Yeah, it was in Kuwait, so I'm not surprised. They had interesting uniforms, If I remember correctly they had giant red suns on their backs.

Sound like targets.

[wowaccounttom]

all hail our Japanese overlords.... once the take over the u.s and remake Korra, I would be willing to call it an Anime.

[Xilurm]

Great, now this is being the exact opposite of progressive. I guess the 10s really are a piece of shit decade. What gives?

[Belize]

Shocktroopers ready

...Japan is fucking weird man...

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Shocktroopers ready

That is the best thing I've seen all week.

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...Japan is fucking weird awesome man...

Fixed that.

[Stelio Kontos]

What a weird country.

Were they always this weird, or is this a post-WW2 thing?

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Japan, like Germany, has more than redeemed itself since WW2. I see no problem with this.

There might become a time when the civilized world can no longer rely on the protection of the United States. Heck, even the NATO would be next to nothing without the United States. Every country should by default have enough military capacity to defend themselves and their allies against their most likely foes.

[wowaccounttom]

What a weird country.

Were they always this weird, or is this a post-WW2 thing?

i think its a post ww2 thing... seems certain country that shall remain unnamed got the ugly side of the stick.. i will stick to Pikachu parades any day

[ben-]

These are just the precursors steps to the next world war. Japan needs to be able to deploy its military because China is becoming very aggressive in the south seas, creating various islands in the ocean containing airstrips and such in order to secure the land as their own. China and Japan also have been having some issues with the Senkaku islands these islands have been under Japanese rule for a long time and China is trying to take them over. China is the sleeping bear, and they are slowly starting to awaken, Japan is just preparing in case they need to take some preemptive unilateral actions.

[Stelio Kontos]

Japan, like Germany, has more than redeemed itself since WW2. I see no problem with this.

There might become a time when the civilized world can no longer rely on the protection of the United States. Heck, even the NATO would be next to nothing without the United States. Every country should by default have enough military capacity to defend themselves and their allies against their most likely foes.

While the "redeeming" bit is open to debate or interpretation, yeah, every nation has a right to a military.

But the previous interpretation allowed for that, this is to allow Japan to deploy offensively again.

[Kaleredar]

These are just the precursors steps to the next world war. Japan needs to be able to deploy its military because China is becoming very aggressive in the south seas, creating various islands in the ocean containing airstrips and such in order to secure the land as their own. China and Japan also have been having some issues with the Senkaku islands these islands have been under Japanese rule for a long time and China is trying to take them over. China is the sleeping bear, and they are slowly starting to awaken, Japan is just preparing in case they need to take some preemptive unilateral actions.

I'd say a giant economic downturn is the wrong time for a sleeping bear to awaken.

[Stelio Kontos]

i think its a post ww2 thing... seems certain country that shall remain unnamed got the ugly side of the stick.. i will stick to Pikachu parades any day

I'm sure anyone could cherry pick thing to make any country look bad.

[Xilurm]

Why is that people support war? I don't fucking get it. We should focus on technology instead and advancement in the medical field.

[ben-]

I'd say a giant economic downturn is the wrong time for a sleeping bear to awaken.

Actually its the best time, war means profit. war creates jobs. War has been used to boost economies for many many years.

[Xilurm]

Actually its the best time, war means profit. war creates jobs. War has been used to boost economies for many many years.

How's that working out for the US? Doesn't seem to well.

[wowaccounttom]

I'm sure anyone could cherry pick thing to make any country look bad.

oh that wasnt the bad...

that was just the embarrassing...


hence why I would stick to men dressed like Pikachu.



for the bad, i would just like to point at the news....

[Stelio Kontos]

oh that wasnt the bad...

that was just the embarrassing...


hence why I would stick to men dressed like Pikachu.



for the bad, i would just like to point at the news....

Rather irrelevant.

I mean, irrelevant beyond the usual Japanophilia.

[cubby]

The Japanese didn't change their constitution, they just "reinterpreted" it. Apparently "just for defense" now means "offense is okay too".

We can use the help in Asia.

Lol, good point. Although this little event combined with their recent attempts to basically deny all the horrible shit they did in WWII makes me a little nervous.

[ben-]

How's that working out for the US? Doesn't seem to well.

Iraq and Afghanistan havent been too productive actually, this is mainly due to not needing any new hardware or weapons that we didnt already have a metric fuck ton of. But it is keeping people employed by the defense industry employed, for better or worse. I personally feel war is a waste of time those resources would be better spent on improving our people and our future. However its very hard to deny the great depression ending after a couple world wars.

[jbombard]

It doesn't mean they will go to war. It is the first step to getting the country used to the idea that it is a possibility. Previously their options were pretty limited when it came to protecting their own interests abroad. They have China, North Korea and Russia on their doorstep, all of which are not good neighbors. While if it came to all out war I am sure the U.S. would back them up, but up until that point the ability to protect their own interests is important. There are a lot of naive people in Japan that actually believe being passive will keep them safe, it is about time they start to wake up and realize they need to protect their own interests and get the military prepared to do so. Whether or not they will use their military is a completely separate issue, this is about how freely they are allowed to do so if the need arises.