To: BigSkyFreeper
If Japan was ruled by a crazed dictator, then you might have a point. But, alas, you don't.I don't get you. I'm not worried Japan will use their nukes. I'm saying Japan doesn't need nukes, and a nuclear armed Japan will scare the bejesus out of America's allies in the region. A scared S. Korea will move closer into the orbit of China, which hurts US interests.
22 posted on
10/19/2006 10:27:39 PM PDT by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Alter Kaker
South Korea and China already have nukes.
23 posted on
10/19/2006 10:31:35 PM PDT by
BigSkyFreeper
(Karl Rove you magnificent bastard!)
To: Alter Kaker
I'm saying Japan doesn't need nukes, and a nuclear armed Japan will scare the bejesus out of America's allies in the region. A scared S. Korea will move closer into the orbit of China, which hurts US interests.
Right. A nuclear Japan does not necessarily help in containing China, in fact, it might just do the opposite and move the rest of East and Southeast Asia closer to China. Basically it achieves nothing, and probably would only cause Japan to feel brave enough to ask our troops to leave.
32 posted on
10/19/2006 11:06:17 PM PDT by
diesel00
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