I couldn't agree more. It is a strategy of appeasement that is as effective as it is unsustainable. My guess is that Japan will outlast America on the scale of

I couldn't agree more. It is a strategy of appeasement that is as effective as it is unsustainable. My guess is that Japan will outlast America on the scale of history, but that's pure speculation, and national identities are as fluid as everything else in this world anyway.