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• dragontamer 8y ago
  I mean, the US has a lot of bases around the world. We've got bases in Cuba for example, and that doesn't really foster a good relationship with that country. Heck, there's an Asian country right next to Japan called "The Philippines" which was a US colony for 40+ years.
  • digi_owl 8y ago
    And before that was a Spanish colony for 300 years before that. Japan on the other hand was an independent nation until said occupation.
  • boomboomsubban 8y ago
    It's not just military bases in Japan. Our relationship started by threatening to bomb them to oblivion unless they did what we wanted. And when Japan stopped doing what we wanted, we bombed them into oblivion, occupied their country, and eliminated their ability for further defense.