[risk]

You're welcome. By the way, I mean absolutely no disrespect or resentment to our contemporary Japanese allies. As our enemies they earned our respect and fear, and now by joining us in Iraq, and standing with us against the DPRK they are proving their value in an indefeatable league.

But 62 years ago only a traitor would have said that they were anything less than a supreme threat to our sovereignty and our freedom.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Oh, that was understood. In many ways, they were a similar enemy. Their culture has changed tremendously since the 1940's.