tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post9000486161215418387..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Is It Not A Humiliating Day?MTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-71799030986965474222007-11-15T09:03:00.000+09:002007-11-15T09:03:00.000+09:00tokyology - It is in Japan's interests to receive ...tokyology - <BR/><BR/>It is in Japan's interests to receive the stamp of approval from the United States for being a fully paid-up member of the League Against Terror. <BR/><BR/>If Japan can do so without firing a shot or putting its own servicemen and servicewomen in the line of fire, super.<BR/><BR/>Come January 20, 2009 Japan will probably have to adopt a new strategy. Maybe it will be left alone to live according to a normal person's understanding of the constitution. Maybe it will be forced to develop an even more twisted set of interpretations. <BR/><BR/>Until that time, Japan, along with the rest of the planet, can and probably should do little else but hold its breath and wait this thing out.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-55942449962327423642007-11-14T23:37:00.000+09:002007-11-14T23:37:00.000+09:00Wait - are just you being necessarily brief in you...Wait - are just you being necessarily brief in your comment at the end or do you actually mean to imply that this "worldwide struggle to contain terrorism" both exists and is something that Japan needs to be a part of?<BR/><BR/>Rather than representing either a betrayal of the constitution or a good deal for Japan, the refueling debate seems largely irrelevant given that Japan has had troops on the ground in occupied Iraq for several years. This is why I completely trivialised the issue when I wrote about it. I also prefer to leave the serious analysis to people who do a better job like yourself. I'm still a little perturbed by the end of this article though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com