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This is a good move and will help the US and its allies balance China.
by IBM 11y ago
This is a good move and will help the US and its allies balance China.
- thebmax 11y agoIt could also very easily spin out of control and increase instability in Asia.
- Animats 11y agoBoth of the above are true. China is getting more aggressive about control of the oceans near, and not so near, China. China has a territorial dispute with Japan over the islands south of Kyushu and northeast of Taiwan. China is also claiming some islands further south, in the South China Sea, but that disagreement is with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. China's military parade last week was very anti-Japan. Of course, Japan did invade China during WWII. That's not being forgotten by the current leaders of China. China made a big point of their land-based anti-ship missiles, which were featured prominently in the parade.
- sergers 11y agoi wonder if there is any significance they chose september 18th to re-militarize overseas action, being thats the date japan invaded china in 1931. all else aside on the territorial disputes, i feel abe and his associates continually look past their genocides and atrocities in WWII, continually going to war memorials and celebrations of these same japanese that attacked US and committed the acts during WWII. so china leaders definitely have a reason to hold a grudge and not forget.
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- ableal 11y ago> Japan did invade China during WWII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War Started well before (1937) and ended a month later, to be precise.
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- jmadsen 11y agoThe biggest annoyance to the Japanese at the moment is the number of Chinese tourists overrunning everywhere. It's easy to read the newspapers about the govts of the world rattling their sabres at one another; what the people actually feel is often quite different.
- rrggrr 11y agoJapan's military is disadvantaged by a lack of personnel with combat experience. The change permits japanese soldiers to participate as an equal partner with its allies, and to remedy its experience defecit.
- justicezyx 11y agoBalance?... The single most powerful nation needs to balance what? How about balance itself... Learn to respect others...
- ekianjo 11y agoLooks like you know what you are talking about.
- olewhalehunter 11y agoDoubt it, everyone's food to kaiju
- venomsnake 11y agoWhat are the actual Japanese military capabilities?
- tsotha 11y agoJapan still has the strongest navy in East Asia, though China will surpass them soon. Don't be fooled because they call it a maritime self defense force.
- brobinson 11y agoJapan's buying the F35 from the US and also recently started its own fighter jet development program, so whatever their capabilities currently are, they're increasing.
- semieverything 11y agoThe F35 is a heap of junk for which the US is using all it's "allies" to fund and carry the burden. At least we now all have diminished capabilities not just the US. Win Win.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y ago(citation needed) Really, several citations at least considering how broad and blanketing that statement is.
- s_q_b 11y agoThe F-35 JSF has problems, and I'll be the first to be critical, but it is not a "heap of junk." It's a tremendously capable fifth-generation air superiority fighter that can also serve in CAS, bomber, and ELINT roles. Its tremendous versatility is one of the main reasons it became so expensive and difficult to develop: jack of all trades, master of none.
- kaonashi 11y agoIt's an escalation, not sure how that's good.
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