If it comes down to it, we’re rather bound by the US/Japan defense/security agreements and treaties of 1949, 1951 and 1954 to take Japan’s side.
They’re not allowed to have a standing army aside from homeland defense capabilities on the premise that the US would provide security for them in international conflicts.
Ironically,
It’s 3:00 AM.
Treaties are essentially promises. How is Obama doing with fulfilling promises lately?
If a president is patently disloyal to our country’s founding documents and traditions, how much of a stretch is it for him to disregard a treaty obligation? The security arrangements with Japan that were set up by MacArthur and Truman, and honored as a matter of course and American self interest by every president since have been the bulwark of keeping the (relative) peace in the Pacific. A resurgent and (overly, in my opinion) confident China and Marxist weakling in the White House make for an extremely dangerous situation.