Posted on 10/23/2017 12:27:03 PM PDT by Innovative
OH BS!
From: Retain Mike Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:38 AM To: 'yourletters@washingtontimes.com' Subject: A Nuclear Japan Will Counter North Korea
The 2008 changes to Japan's basic law governing space should provide the evidence needed that their patience with a lunatic North Korea is wearing thin. Japan has received abundant evidence for abandoning the U.S. umbrella, and developing its own missile defense and nuclear retaliatory capability.
Japan saw juvenile, ignorant attempts of U.S. diplomacy when Bill Clinton ignored “face” and concluded a bilateral agreement with North Korea. To be effective negotiations required China, Russia, South Korea, and Japan participation. Bush #2 began six party talks, but undercut a rare example of U.N. assertiveness when it considered Resolutions 1695 and 1718 imposing military and economic sanctions. In 2009 Hillary Clinton counseled “showing some patience” with North Korea, therefore giving Japan more evidence of a diplomacy attachment disorder. A missile text launch prompted Barak Obama to express displeasure, while proposing drastic cuts in our nuclear arsenal and missile defense programs.
Japan can also note Russian and Chinese leaders now lack the cynicism and paranoia they showed during the Cold War. North Korea has nuclear weapons programs based on Pakistani technology. However, these Asian leaders seem comfortable with a mentally unstable nuclear regime on their borders. Brezhnev or Mao would have noted such astonishing counsel by dispatching these reckless individuals to treatment at cancer wards.
Japan's national self-interest embraces a several thousand year heritage unfathomable to Westerners driven by two year election cycles. Japan’s decision to reject U.S. military protection will leave experts astonished with the rapid removal of political and technological barriers.
Japan Basic Space Law Short Article http://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/japans-basic-space-law-enters-into-force/
Long Article http://www.nti.org/e_research/e3_japan_remilitarization0108.html
now we know why the Air Force B-52’s are on 24 hour alert
Me so ronery. Go bug neighbors. Hey, Nippon! Big bag on stoop, burning high. You stamp out, yes? (aside: Framing nucrear poop in bag. Haha. Hahaha. Me so naughty, no ronger ronery).
Methinks the ‘calm’ is about run its course and the ‘storm’ may be imminent.
Well, it was a long time coming.
God help us all.
“So, what are they going to do about it, develop nukes and missiles as well? Or do they expect the USA to fight their battles for them?”
I think the USA is obligated to defend Japan, no? In addition, didn’t President Trump say that we will defend our allies in the region?
They most likely already have unassembled nukes standing by, and they don't expect the USA to fight their battles for them. Japan has the right to self-defense in their constitution. They have enough weapons grade uranium to build several hundred nukes. It might take them several days to assemble and get them battle ready. As for missiles, Japan has a very accomplished space program launching satellites into deep space, and can easily field an ICBM.
You’re right. By the peace treaty after WWII, Japan has agreed to limit their armed forces to purely defensive and build no aggressive capabilities. Certainly no nuclear weapons. In exchange, we guarantee their security.
PM Shinzo Abe called the elections he won for the lower house of parliament yesterday with NK in mind.
Donald Trump is also visiting Japan in a few weeks.
An interesting situation for the “rocket guy” to exploit perhaps with an incident.
At least muslims aren’t taking over their country.
NK could be crazy enough to start with an attack on Japan, just as Saddam attacked Israel during the Gulf War. It wasn’t a militarily “strategic” move by Saddam anymore than it would be by NK. But just as Israel is not seen as having friends in the region, the NK could think (in error in my view) that Japan is such low hanging fruit because it is not well loved in either China or South Korea due to the memories of imperial Japan in the first half of the last century. I think NK would make a mistake about what it thinks South Korea and the U.S. do if NK attacked Japan.
The real question is, if the US attacks the NK nuke sites, what will Red China and the Soviets do? That is the real question. Is China going to tell NK to shut up or will they defend them. That is the 64 dollar question.
HA! How long would that conversation take?
ABE:"Can we...?"
TRUMP:"Yes!"
Dims and their media butt brothers should be calling for the “25th Amendment” for FatBoy
China is directly responsible for their puppet regeim in Pyoontang.
And why Trump signed the EO reauthorizing retention of retired officers in event of national emergency. (pilots?)
So seriously that they did nothing when the North Koreans fired an ICBM(unknown if loaded or not) into their airspace.
No way to get a lumbering cargo plane over NK without being shot down crossing the border. Think hot, very hot, as in sun corona hot.
they want nk minerals.
My thoughts go well past that. The old axis of evil are in there.
Every time they , the Koreans had a test, they had Pakistanis and Iranians there.
Both Iran and Korea had missile trajectory problems, but Obama solved that by making sure the software went to Iran. Yep, solved it for all three and another bonus gift for China as well.
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