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2009-09-13 China-Japan-Koreas
Incoming Tokyo government threatens split with US
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Posted by Steve White 2009-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Be sure to learn to preface every meeting with your new allies with an apology for the rape of Nanking. And the other millions of casualties you caused there during the war.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-09-13 00:31||   2009-09-13 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 For some strange reason, people abroad (outside Dar) don't trust USA since their last election. I wonder why?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-09-13 02:52||   2009-09-13 02:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Japan is trying to cozy up to the Chinese again? WTF? They already tried this back in the 90s and got met with stony-faced silence from the Chinese. The only thing that everyone in Asia agrees on is that they all hate the Japanese.
Posted by gromky 2009-09-13 03:43||   2009-09-13 03:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like China already owns him.
Posted by Grunter 2009-09-13 09:23||   2009-09-13 09:23|| Front Page Top

#5 The Japanese mil and bureaucracy have had the same bosses for how long? How many decades? It's easy to ignore the orders of morons and lunatics, and defence policy will continue as normal, if not grow stronger in reaction (F-22 acquisition?). If anything, it will increase as their country is put in an increasingly suicidal position by their government. This is a poor move by the Japanese people, but not for reasons stated. Two generations of leaders is not enough to erase a mindset, and two nuclear bombs dropped on the homeland is only forgotten by fools and idiots, not the ones in charge of preventing it from happening again.
Posted by MoreScotch4me 2009-09-13 10:11||   2009-09-13 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 If the Japanese start getting uppity, we're going to have to send a better negotiator ...

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2009-09-13 10:33||   2009-09-13 10:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Let them deal with the Chinese and North Koreans on their own and see how long this "independent" spirit lasts.
Posted by WolfDog 2009-09-13 10:43||   2009-09-13 10:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Only as long as nobody attacks them.
Then their "Free spirit" vanishes like a dream.

HELP. HELP, HELP.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-09-13 12:37||   2009-09-13 12:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Mizzou.... is that the Nancy Pelosi "you lie" look?
Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-13 12:50||   2009-09-13 12:50|| Front Page Top

#10 This is gonna be tricky, as mant CHIN Netters suppor OKINAWA = ancient pro-China RYUKYUS ISLANDS/KINGDOM to become either INDEPENDENT FROM JAPAN; or else part of a NORTH ASIA OWG FREE TRADE HUB INCLU CHINA.

SAME > besides historical ties bwtn Imperial Beijing + Ryukyus, argue that OKIN is geologically part of CHIN's CONTINENTAL SHELF, hence should be part of Chin's desired future EEZ, VOLUNTARILY OR FORCIBLY.

WHY? HOW? > becuz CHIN HAS NUKULAAR WEAPONS, TOKYO DOES NOT [GODZILLA notwithstanding].
Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola  2009-09-13 20:18|| na]">[na]  2009-09-13 20:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Besoeker:

LOLZ
Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2009-09-13 20:26||   2009-09-13 20:26|| Front Page Top

#12 Joe, it would take Japan less than six months to have 50 nuclear weapons. They already have viable delivery systems. China knows this, but is big on bluffing. China keeps reaching. Until someone breaks their fingers, they'll extend their reach as far as they can. South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines know this, as does the Republic of China (Taiwan). Russia is beginning to figure it out. Southeast Asia knows it, but doesn't have the financial structure or productivity to do much about it. If they all learn to work together, China would be in a world of hurt.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2009-09-13 20:39|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2009-09-13 20:39|| Front Page Top

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