[Hoosier-Daddy]

Mr. Ishihara, should know of all peoples, that when the U.S. commits its entire country to war, it doesn't settle for anything less than total surrender. China would not be a ground force war anymore than mainland Japan was a ground force war.

[etradervic]

Mr. Ishihara, should know of all peoples, that when the U.S. commits its entire country to war, it doesn't settle for anything less than total surrender.

Agreed. The smart question that is too impolite for the Japanese hosts to ask is whether the US would commit to a war with China over Korea? Taiwan? Japan? Ishihara is saying no.

[nwrep]

Mr. Ishihara, should know of all peoples, that when the U.S. commits its entire country to war, it doesn't settle for anything less than total surrender.

It could be that Ishihara-san is smart enough to realize that the single-minded patriotism of the WWII generation is gone, and the country is too fractured and has too many enemy within for it to win. You don't really think the left and the media will actually support an all out war, do you?