[bgill]

China and Japan should have taken care of Chubs a long time ago.

Yeah, yeah, I know, Japan will whine for the US to protect them. Grow up already.

China has no excuse.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

China’s not stupid. They have everything to gain from a crippled US.

[rbg81]

China has no excuse.

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China has been playing a game. They have been using NK as their attack dog to buy them leverage. Now it looks like the attack dog may actually cause a shooting war.

The wildcard is still China. Will they defend NK or eat popcorn and watch it happen?

[sushiman]

Japanese constitution was drawn up under US occupation . Artcle 9 : CHAPTER II

RENUNCIATION OF WAR

Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.