“...”Japan’s actions are understandable, ....”
58,195 names on a wall in DC might disagree with Japan... if they were able to speak up.
I am no fan of Vietnam, not even now - or maybe better not yet until...........
But, Japan has been doing, peacefully, what its militarist imperialists were trying to do by force all of the first half of the last century - build and all Asian co-prosperity sphere. The problem was that Japan of the first half of the last century was trying to do it all by force of arms.
The time since then has shown Japan that it CAN play a major role in such an all Asia co-prosperity sphere, doing so based on mutual and free trade, without insisting it be part of a Japanese empire.
Now China is behaving as if it wants to be the “new Japan of the WWII era”, and Japan may wind up being the beneficiary as it continues to prove its peaceful cooperation with Asian partners can lead to strengthening security interests, not selfishly for Japan but mutually for partners who share the same concerns, as many Asian nations do about China now.
very small boats apparently
Ping.
Coming soon - Honest Abe's Pre-Owned Drones, Air Defense Systems and ABM systems! Unbelievably low prices for countries threatened by China!