Posted on 02/01/2015 7:05:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind
TOKYO When Islamic State militants posted a video over the weekend showing the grisly killing of a Japanese journalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacted with outrage, promising to make the terrorists pay the price.
Such vows of retribution may be common in the West when leaders face extremist violence, but they have been unheard of in confrontation-averse Japan until now. The prime ministers call for revenge after the killings of the journalist, Kenji Goto, and another hostage, Haruna Yukawa, raised eyebrows even in the military establishment, adding to a growing awareness here that the crisis could be a watershed for this long pacifist country.
Japan has not seen this Western-style expression in its diplomacy before, Akihisa Nagashima, a former vice minister of defense, wrote on Twitter. Does he intend to give Japan the capability to back up his words?
As the 12-day hostage crisis came to a grim conclusion with the killing of Mr. Goto, the world has suddenly begun to look like a much more dangerous place to a peaceful and prosperous nation that had long seen itself as immune to the sorts of violence faced by the United States and its Western allies.
Some described a level of shock not unlike that experienced by the Americans after the 2001 terrorist attacks, or the French after last months assault on the newspaper Charlie Hebdo and the murders in a kosher supermarket.
This is 9/11 for Japan, said Kunihiko Miyake, a former high-ranking Japanese diplomat who has advised Mr. Abe on foreign affairs. It is time for Japan to stop daydreaming that its good will and noble intentions would be enough to shield it from the dangerous world out there. Americans have faced this harsh reality, the French have faced it, and now we are, too.
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That may be how they handle it “under the radar”.
Well...they are in the Pacific.
If there is any country capable of coming up with revenge that is really revenge, it is Japan.
only one ninja is left:
What could the Japanese possibly do to take revenge?
Don't forget Star Blazers and Akira.
"Welcome to the party, pal." And I do hope you mean it.
I like their martial arts, their history and warrior class and their willingness to take it to extremes, such as with their Kamikaze forces.
They and their common sense have been PC'ed, just like we have, but I suspect they can shake it off much faster if given a reason.
Personally, I could go for some far less interesting times than these right about now, but it is what it is. Unless God turns the heat down, things are going to boil.
Our historical allies, the ones on the side of good and humanity, need to stand tall when we are not and on the side of bad.
This is primarily because it is an island nation with a strong navy, and there are damn few Mohammedans in Japan.
Some Muslim organizations and media reports have put the number of Muslims in Japan at roughly 100,000, but that is probably an exaggerated estimate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Japan
100,000 mohammedans in Japan (population 125M), works out to 0.08%.
Our coward comedian in chief won’t do anything, but the Japanese don’t have a Kenyan muslim in charge of their government. This might just get interesting.
King Caesar,Barugon, Anguirus,. Daimajin,Rodan,Gigan, King Ghidorah, Gamera, Ultra Man, Johnny Sokko and Giant Robot and Astro Boy. But if all else fails they will send Sailor Moon to finish them off!
EVICT THEM, AND ANYONE WHO HIRED THEM, AND THEIR FAMILIES TOO.
The only way to deal with these subhuman islamists is to hit them HARDER than they can hit back. And KEEP hitting them until they beg for mercy.
At that point, you show them the mercy to gather in a single place, then you ERASE them from the planet.
Only then can we have peace with them. It’s in THEIR “holy book”.
I don’t think it was a comparison of the acts but acknowledgement of the wake up call.
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