[jriemer]

Typical European bullying. I think the US should be pushing hard for Japan.

Japan and Australia are have signed on to support the US missle defense program. Japan will be contribute $1B USD this year alone and technical expertise to the project.

[CasearianDaoist]

We should make Japan a major parnter in our new NASA initiatives and bring in their private sector as well. Our future is in Asia, not Europe. That Japanese have proved themselves as allies, IMO at least.