[GATOR NAVY]

I'm not claiming to be an expert on Japanese culture, but having lived here for 14 years I do know more about Japan than just what I've read in Pacific War history books (and I have many).

Japanese society is so far removed from what it was in the '30s-'40s that the return to militarism you fear just doesn't seem likely. Do you worry also about Italian and German militarism? After all, they were fascist states at the same time as Japan. Or have they somehow "grown" more than Japanese?

[Future Snake Eater]

Actually I would argue that Germany has not grown but regressed into a bunch of self-hating pansies. At least the Japanese are willing to lend financial aid to our war effort (before they sent any troops/equipment).

Maybe a nuclear Japan is nothing to fear, maybe they have way too much to lose this time around and wouldn't think of starting anything, but I'd sure hate to see anything remotely like 1941-1945 replayed in our history.