Posted on Aug 9, 2015
Does the impending return of offensive operations by the Japanese military indicate the severity of growing unrest in South East Asia?
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http://www.independent.ie/world-news/nagasaki-survivor-slams-pm-over-military-plans-31439200.html
This survivor remembers the worst atrocities of war. She states that returning to a "wartime period" will seriously endanger the pacifism that Japan has promulgated since WWII. I am wondering if this is an indication of the growing tensions between Russia, China, Japan, and the Koreas? I think Japan may need to authorize offensive operations as territorial and political disputes begin to boil over. What do you think?
This survivor remembers the worst atrocities of war. She states that returning to a "wartime period" will seriously endanger the pacifism that Japan has promulgated since WWII. I am wondering if this is an indication of the growing tensions between Russia, China, Japan, and the Koreas? I think Japan may need to authorize offensive operations as territorial and political disputes begin to boil over. What do you think?
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It is out of necessity due to increased regional threats.....They'd be foolish not to.
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It does, but I also think it represents that Japan is ready for a new era in their government and military. They are willing to become involved again at an international level and believe they can contribute in a non-imperialist way.
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Japanese pacifism was a condition of the occupied Japanese government we instituted after WWII - and was a great improvement over the warrior government that was responsible in part for starting the war.
Germany and Japan as peaceful countries under the protection of the American military are important for world peace. They can both be very dangerous when unleashed.
This breakdown is another consequence of America withdrawing from the world.
Germany and Japan as peaceful countries under the protection of the American military are important for world peace. They can both be very dangerous when unleashed.
This breakdown is another consequence of America withdrawing from the world.
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Sgt Richard Buckner Personally I believe in the peace through strength mantra, but I also believe there is a precarious balancing act to achieve that peace.
I believe there is evil, left unchecked, in the world that will spread like a virus. I believe today's radical Islamist is yesterday's Nazi. As the average German did nothing out of fear and ignorance, I see the average peace loving muslim doing nothing out of fear and ignorance.
As our "leader" withdraws, we see the power hungry regimes advance and we lose standing on the world stage. Where are we on the fulcrum now?
War is a Racket - Maj Gen Smedley Butler
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.pdf
Eisenhower even warned us of the military industrial complex:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY
I believe there is evil, left unchecked, in the world that will spread like a virus. I believe today's radical Islamist is yesterday's Nazi. As the average German did nothing out of fear and ignorance, I see the average peace loving muslim doing nothing out of fear and ignorance.
As our "leader" withdraws, we see the power hungry regimes advance and we lose standing on the world stage. Where are we on the fulcrum now?
War is a Racket - Maj Gen Smedley Butler
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.pdf
Eisenhower even warned us of the military industrial complex:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY
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Capt Seid Waddell
Sgt Richard Buckner, it is helpful to keep things in perspective when we wish to see the results of Pax Americana since WWII, and the risk of ending our leadership in the world:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/128373915
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https://player.vimeo.com/video/128373915
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This Animated Data Visualization Of World War II Fatalities Is Shocking
It’s difficult to conceptualize excessively large numbers, particularly when they pertain to human tragedies. But this highly-engaging animated data visualization by Neil Halloran makes WWII-related deaths all too comprehensible.
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Sgt Richard Buckner when I say the virus is spreading it doesn't omit our country. There are no countries better off under our current regime. Qaddafi with all of his faults kept radicalism in check, the same under Bush regarding Saddam who was the buffer between Iran an Saudi. If we don't elect a strong Reaganesque conservative, i believe it will only get worse.
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It's here whether the leaders or the left will admit it or not.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/New-Jersey-ISIS-ISL-Islamic-State-Arrest-Material-Nader-Saadeh-Support-FBI-CIA-Syria-Iraq-321263241.html
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/New-Jersey-ISIS-ISL-Islamic-State-Arrest-Material-Nader-Saadeh-Support-FBI-CIA-Syria-Iraq-321263241.html
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No, but a damn good query. From what I am hearing the Majority of Japanese do not desire a return to a full military but situations may dictate otherwise. Since the requirement for only a JASDF Japanese Self Defense Force supplemented by US Military has now Lapsed, I think it would behoove them to increase their Military and Military Budget since China seems to be pushing hard at expanding into waters that they need also. Taken with the Mental Deficient running North Korea. Unfortunately Situations may dictate some return to a Higher Military Standing.
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It's time for our allies to put on big boy pants. China is a real tiger now.
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It does indeed. However, as has already been mentioned, the Japanese government feels the NEED to do so, not necessarily the WANT to do so. If they feel that they've been shoehorned into a corner, then posturing could be step 1 in their national EoF.
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Capt Jeff S.
Agreed. I don't think Japan wants to spend more money on its military. If you think about it, the military is a drain on a nation's economy. Money spent on the military does not improve the standard of living for the general public.
Bearing the above in mind, it opens up a whole other discussion. The Japanese realized that they would be better off economically if they were to let us pay them to maintain military bases in their country and pick up the responsibility for the majority of their defense. The money they saved by not having to support a large military was used to whoop up on us economically back in the '70's and '80's. They would continue to be happy with that arrangement so long as we continue to remain a trustworthy Ally, but the Japanese can no longer content themselves with the assurance that we'll be there for them no matter what. Given how we have thrown our ally Israel under the bus, the Japanese realize that we might not be there for them should the Chinese attack.
Prior to the Obama Administration giving the Japanese little reason to trust us as an Ally, the Japanese were themselves not the best of Allies. In the 70's, with the backing of their government, Japanese corporations targeted certain business sectors and virtually wiped us out. They practically dominated the market for cameras. Japanese competition in not only cameras but film, practically put Kodak out of the photography business. The Japanese auto industry also took aim at Detroit and foreign competition, the majority of which was from Japan [along with mismanagement by Detroit's highly overpaid executives], would lead to us having to later bail out our failing Auto industry. In the electronics sector in the early 80's the Japanese were dumping memory chips on the market at below the cost of manufacturing and their government was subsidizing it. Japanese companies, which were producing chips for our companies violated the NDA's they had signed and Fujitsu was marketing supercomputers they built using processors they were supposed to be producing for Cray Research. They were sued and paid the fines, but the damage was already done. Our chip manufacturing took major salvos because we couldn't compete for the prices they were selling at, and many of our companies got out of manufacturing.
Japan isn't the only country to do this, and some of the same tactics used to attack our business are being used by Japan's neighbors to attack their business. The Koreans and Chinese are dominating in consumer electronics. Another area they are beginning to dominate is in appliance manufacturing.
China is also doing to us the same thing to us that the Japanese did and they are stealing our technology. Most electronics are made overseas now and China has taken the lead in computer manufacturing. If fact, a great portion of our manufacturing is now being done in China.
One of our biggest moneymakers still is our military industrial complex. But that lucrative market is also attracting foreign competition and if we aren't careful we will lose our technological edge there too. No other country on Earth spends as much percentage of their GDP on their military as the United States does. As much as we need a strong national defense, we must remember the purpose of having a strong military is to ensure our national policy objectives get met when diplomacy fails.
China, Russia and Iran have increased their defense spending and are waging a war against us on all fronts, the military being just one of them. If they can marginalize us economically to where we can't afford to maintain our military and project power overseas, we will be relegated to irrelevance on the International stage. Given all the "accomplishments" the apologetic Obama Administration has achieved by: gutting our military, subjugating American sovereignty to other foreign powers, and rendering assistance to our enemies... the most reasonable conclusion we can draw is that we face a very uncertain future and Japan's offensive military capability is the least of our worries.
Bearing the above in mind, it opens up a whole other discussion. The Japanese realized that they would be better off economically if they were to let us pay them to maintain military bases in their country and pick up the responsibility for the majority of their defense. The money they saved by not having to support a large military was used to whoop up on us economically back in the '70's and '80's. They would continue to be happy with that arrangement so long as we continue to remain a trustworthy Ally, but the Japanese can no longer content themselves with the assurance that we'll be there for them no matter what. Given how we have thrown our ally Israel under the bus, the Japanese realize that we might not be there for them should the Chinese attack.
Prior to the Obama Administration giving the Japanese little reason to trust us as an Ally, the Japanese were themselves not the best of Allies. In the 70's, with the backing of their government, Japanese corporations targeted certain business sectors and virtually wiped us out. They practically dominated the market for cameras. Japanese competition in not only cameras but film, practically put Kodak out of the photography business. The Japanese auto industry also took aim at Detroit and foreign competition, the majority of which was from Japan [along with mismanagement by Detroit's highly overpaid executives], would lead to us having to later bail out our failing Auto industry. In the electronics sector in the early 80's the Japanese were dumping memory chips on the market at below the cost of manufacturing and their government was subsidizing it. Japanese companies, which were producing chips for our companies violated the NDA's they had signed and Fujitsu was marketing supercomputers they built using processors they were supposed to be producing for Cray Research. They were sued and paid the fines, but the damage was already done. Our chip manufacturing took major salvos because we couldn't compete for the prices they were selling at, and many of our companies got out of manufacturing.
Japan isn't the only country to do this, and some of the same tactics used to attack our business are being used by Japan's neighbors to attack their business. The Koreans and Chinese are dominating in consumer electronics. Another area they are beginning to dominate is in appliance manufacturing.
China is also doing to us the same thing to us that the Japanese did and they are stealing our technology. Most electronics are made overseas now and China has taken the lead in computer manufacturing. If fact, a great portion of our manufacturing is now being done in China.
One of our biggest moneymakers still is our military industrial complex. But that lucrative market is also attracting foreign competition and if we aren't careful we will lose our technological edge there too. No other country on Earth spends as much percentage of their GDP on their military as the United States does. As much as we need a strong national defense, we must remember the purpose of having a strong military is to ensure our national policy objectives get met when diplomacy fails.
China, Russia and Iran have increased their defense spending and are waging a war against us on all fronts, the military being just one of them. If they can marginalize us economically to where we can't afford to maintain our military and project power overseas, we will be relegated to irrelevance on the International stage. Given all the "accomplishments" the apologetic Obama Administration has achieved by: gutting our military, subjugating American sovereignty to other foreign powers, and rendering assistance to our enemies... the most reasonable conclusion we can draw is that we face a very uncertain future and Japan's offensive military capability is the least of our worries.
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We need our allies to pick up militarily, because Asia and Europe on us to do the fighting.
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I think that Japan, as any other nation, deserves to be able to defend itself and also to go on the offense if the situation dictates. The Japanese are known for past atrocities and that being said, its going to make the Asian region a bit more careful because no one knows for certain if they are going to awaken a monster or not. Having been stationed in Japan while I was in the Navy I know that they are careful thinkers and they know how to properly plan and execute operations. I think that the Japanese military will meet force with force, same as we do in the US and if necessary will rain hell on an enemy.
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