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Departing From Japan’s Pacifism, Shinzo Abe Vows Revenge for Killings
NYT ^ | February 1, 2015 | MARTIN FACKLER

Posted on 02/03/2015 1:42:28 PM PST by Thistooshallpass9

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To: Huskrrrr

A new tide of Nationalism in Japan?

As much as it scares a lot of people on this board, the Japanese will NEED it to survive since they cannot rely on America to back them up and help protect them from China.

Plus War would help Japan’s economy i think....


21 posted on 02/03/2015 2:05:35 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Thistooshallpass9
Reports: Jordan Will Execute Imprisoned Terrorists After Country's Pilot Burned Alive
22 posted on 02/03/2015 2:07:11 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: SpinnerWebb

Bonzai = They will turn them into fertilizer for little trees.............


23 posted on 02/03/2015 2:11:16 PM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: BeauBo

They also have a bigger air force than the UK, also with a qualitative advantage. Assuming Japanese F-15s to be the betters of Eurofighters.

Neither has any strategic bombers.

Basically, Japan can slightly out project the UK just about now if they choose.


24 posted on 02/03/2015 2:12:15 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Red Badger

Only the Liberty Tree is watered with the blood of patriots.


25 posted on 02/03/2015 2:15:22 PM PST by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: khenrich
"The world is spinning out of Obama’s control, and he doesn’t get it. The Israelis know it, the Japanese know it, the Jordanians know it, the Egyptians know it, and an alliance of those nations for starters will be built."

They know something?

What Do They Know? Why Are So Many Of The Super Wealthy Preparing Bug Out Locations?

"In a separate interview, Johnson admitted that “very powerful people are telling us they’re scared” and that the elite “see increasing evidence of social instability and violence”. "

26 posted on 02/03/2015 2:16:08 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: SpinnerWebb

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” - Thomas Jefferso


27 posted on 02/03/2015 2:20:07 PM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: BeauBo
That is what will likely change as a result of this. Abe has been pushing for legal and military capability to fight outside the country, and this will strongly support some change.

A few plane-loads of munitions and weapons given to the Kurds would likely go a long way.

28 posted on 02/03/2015 2:20:10 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Thistooshallpass9

IS: winning friends and influencing people. Maybe they’ll get the attentions of a few more nations like that.


29 posted on 02/03/2015 2:31:54 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: AmericanVictory

I was hoping for this! Since we are not leading under Obama, I would like to see a whole slew of countries INDEPENDENTLY declaring war on ISIL/ISIS, so that the islamic terrorists won’t even know who will hit them next.

I would love to help the Japanese in their effort!


30 posted on 02/03/2015 2:32:18 PM PST by docbnj
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To: khenrich
The world is spinning out of Obama’s control, and he doesn’t get it.

There's no evidence that The Won views "world spinning out of control" as a bad thing.

Many of us believe he views it as a good thing, it being conducive to the reformation of the Caliphate.

31 posted on 02/03/2015 2:35:39 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Huskrrrr

>>A new tide of Nationalism in Japan?<<

They would make a powerful ally in the Pacific. Hope they change their constitution to allow offensive capabilities.


32 posted on 02/03/2015 2:37:47 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: Thistooshallpass9

Fk them, their attitude, censorship and the camel they rode in on.

I make no distinction about Muslims.  Peacable, indifferent, co-conspirators and vile actors.

Islam is a disease and it won't be long before the world becomes the cure.

For the so called peacable Muslims, this is their problem to clean up if they truly want to be inclusive, accepting/accepted and live in peace amongst the whole human species, occupying the same planet.

They can work toward to solving the perception and reality problems and my guys don’t have to get killed trying to attrit them and remove any global religious ambitions they have.

Hindus have about 1.5 billion adherents and they don’t mess with us or anyone else.

“Nothing” from the 500 million Buddhists either.

But, Islam has been at war with the rest of humanity for 1,400 years and I am intolerant?

How so, jerk offs?

The Crusades? Christianities answer to Islam taking over the Holy Lands, Portugal and Spain.

Battle of Tours? Held Islam in check for its geographic expansion.

Queen Isabella finally, after three requests gave Christopher Columbus the money and ships to find an alternative route around The Silk Road, which was controlled by the Muslims.

In 1491 the Muslim hordes were finally removed from Europe and as a coming out party, looking for new wealth and worlds to expand the empire and trade, Chris went in search of that Alternative.

Thank God, he made a mistake and discovered America instead.

For the next 300 years, any expeditions for trade were held for ransom and the men carrying treasures, in search of revenues for their respective countries held as hostages.

Any country who sent ships into Muslim waters was taken and demand was made by the Barbary Pirates and Imams for “restitution”.

WTF were they willing to trade of value for anything we had of value? Nothing.

But, if you wanted to get your stuff across sea and then transported over land, you were going to pay heavily and the whole thing really was a lose/lose.

Now, on the day of inauguration for Thomas Jefferson he received a letter of demand for $1 million per year. Our men, treasures and ships would be given right of passage if the demand was met.

This demand was being given to every nation at that time.

Well, we had just smoked the worlds most powerful armed force and Jefferson was in no mood to be pushed around.

He sent a letter back saying we were coming and while the letter was in transport he directed the ships Enterprise and Constitution be built.

He sent those two ships to Tripoli, along with an Armada.

Without firing a shot Tripoli saw the wisdom of not engaging our ships and relented.

American then doesn’t hear a peep from Muslims until the Robert Kennedy assassination.

Around the time of Jimmy Carter Muslims are again on the rise, very much agitated and on the move around the world.

They overthrow the Shah of Iran and take our American Brothers and Sisters hostage.

Reagan comes into office and Iran must’ve got the message, as they released them freely.

For the last 35 years all we’ve heard is their belligerent Bull Shiite.

Over the last 15 I have heard over and over how they are “hurt” that we, the infidels, are in their lands.

Well, D***kheads. We made those lands, helped you explore, tried to set you up with modernity and you have been resisting the whole time.

Even now, I have idiot fellow Americans who think we should try to reason with them and understand them.

I don’t have any capacity to understand killers and will not waste time trying to break bread with them, while they are looking for the opportunity to break open my head.

Burning a man alive?  In the name of your Gawd?  Uhm, FK allah.

I make no apologies for my views. They are based on observable facts and an extraordinarily long period of religious intolerance, belligerence and outright desire to dominate the rest of us.

Watching in real time the events of the last 15 years ought to inform your conscience and reason should be the basis of your action.

Not some feigned emotion hoping the world will be any different than it currently is.

Those millions in Africa hacked to death for the glory of Allah? That’s a good thing right? Because a bunch of dead Christians is better than peace, the right of the individual to live, pursue happiness and improve the lot of their family.

Boko Haram is more important than 300 little girls? Well, you make sense more and more.

Al Qaeda’s observed acts, stated goals and roach like existence of glorifying death and a heaven that debases women, objectifies them and turns the idea of hope of eternal life into some macabre whorehouse. That idea is worth my respect? The hell it is.

And the latest franchise of ISIL/ISIS? Hacking the heads off reporters and the latest some Japanese guys. In addition to murdering women and children because they didn’t conform to their interpretation of Islam?

Oh yeah. I feel you man. They are beautiful people.

Christians in Iraq? Well, not anymore. The oldest churches, some nearly 2,000 years old have been destroyed.

Christians and their artifacts are now fairy tales in the so called “Cradle of Civilization”.

Sohhhh, FK you and and Islam...

For those who can stomach watching the man burn alive, here is a link via Pamela Geller:

http://pamelageller.com/2015/02/watch-islamic-state-video-of-pilot-being-burnt-alive-jordan-vows-revenge.html/

Islam is for faggots...


33 posted on 02/03/2015 2:47:42 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Obadiah

Japan does a lot of business in muslim countries, and in other places where there are significant numbers of muslims, and has a fair number of illegal alien muslims. Except for a “surgical” strike against ISIS, I don’t expect the Japanese to do anything physical.


34 posted on 02/03/2015 3:01:49 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Thistooshallpass9

I think the days of Japanese pacifism are over, and without sliding back into fascism which I am sure they won’t, they need to bring back some of the samurai way, and screw the Kawaii S**T.


35 posted on 02/03/2015 3:04:08 PM PST by the_individual2014
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To: the_individual2014

Haven’t they become so pacifist they aren’t even having sex with each other?


36 posted on 02/03/2015 3:09:19 PM PST by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: docbnj

IS may goof and bring in Israel against them....
Israel mounting thousands of sorties against targets in Iraq, Jordan, Syria..etc What could go wrong.


37 posted on 02/03/2015 3:25:19 PM PST by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: Vendome

Post of the year


38 posted on 02/03/2015 3:36:06 PM PST by Technocrat (Romney-Ryan 2012 No I'm not changing my Sig Hey Cruuzzz... OK changing it)
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To: DesertRhino

“Their (Japan’s) navy is actually currently bigger than the British Royal Navy. Better qualitatively too... They also have a bigger air force than the UK”.

They have a lot of good gear, but it stays in their waters and airspace, operating out of permanent bases with the personnel home with the honey every night. They lack troop carriers, oilers for refueling ships, tanker planes, basing agreements overseas, deployable base support equipment, experience or training for extended deployment, ICBM’s, etc.

They can fight if someone attacks their homeland, but reaching out to touch someone is an epic stretch for them. They have been restricted by their constitution from developing offensive capability. Abe has been bucking to reinterpret the constitution to allow for scenarios which could justify building such capability, such as defending an ally in a mutual defense treaty (with the growing Chinese threat in mind).

This might be just the stimulus he needs to push through changes. Now they can’t do much directly, except pay for others to pull triggers, but longer term, this could be just in time to enable the building of the great robot army/fleet of the near future.

Really, if legal changes occur this year, they could probably get American support to bring some small units into theater to get a little taste next year. It would be a cultural earthquake for the Japanese public to deal with real combat and real casualties


39 posted on 02/03/2015 4:34:51 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: Thistooshallpass9

ISIS just made a BIG mistake.

When a giant flying space battleship appears over Damascus, don’t say I didn’t warn ya’ll.

Juzo Okita: Attention, all remaining ships and battle groups. We will retreat. We no longer have a single ship that can prevail.

Mamoru Kodai: Captain Okita, this is Yukikaze, Captain Mamoru Kodai! I cannot obey your command to withdraw! I could never show my face to the friends I’ve lost!

Juzo Okita: Whether you agree with it or not, the withdrawal is my order, Kodai. We’re all that’s left to defend the Earth. A true man bears the humiliation of today for the sake of tomorrow.

Mamoru Kodai: I don’t think so! Even if it’s hopeless, we can still take our enemies with us! Isn’t that what a man does?

Juzo Okita: Kodai! Hear my order: Withdraw!

Mamoru Kodai: I’ll fight while you withdraw, Captain Okita!

Juzo Okita: Kodai, don’t say such a stupid thing!

Mamoru Kodai: Captain Okita... we’re proud to have fought with you.


40 posted on 02/03/2015 5:00:22 PM PST by AxeofCrom
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