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To: lefty-lie-spy
Japan is allied to the West, but unlike Western Europe and the Anglosphere, that nation is not self-destructive. If NATO falters against Russia, their self-preservation instinct will cause the Japanese to seek accommodation with China.
4 posted on 07/14/2022 8:13:25 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Wallace T.
their self-preservation instinct will cause the Japanese to seek accommodation with China.

PRC will NOT provide good terms.
8 posted on 07/14/2022 8:28:51 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Wallace T.

[If NATO falters against Russia, their self-preservation instinct will cause the Japanese to seek accommodation with China. ]


IMHO, that is very unlikely, unless Japan has an interest in becoming a literal Chinese province. What’s more likely is the securing of an independent nuclear deterrent while attempting to become an offshore balancer, much like Britain for a good deal of the time since the Tudors. That means assisting any country, including Vietnam, Taiwan and the Koreas, that enters China’s gunsights.


9 posted on 07/14/2022 8:54:23 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Wallace T.

The Japanese will never submit to China


11 posted on 07/14/2022 9:14:01 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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