You say that now but if they had a credible army you'd have the same feeling. Right now Germany is toothless, still in the shadow of US occupation as losers of

You say that now but if they had a credible army you'd have the same feeling. Right now Germany is toothless, still in the shadow of US occupation as losers of WW2. They have no independent foreign policy; they're choosing to stay out of it and focus on domestic issues. It is a similar story with Japan. But Japan is actually recently starting to be more active, building their army, with the goal of countering China.