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2004-06-14 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve 2004-06-14 9:08:04 AM|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I suspect that it's not just NKor that they're worried about.

Posted by rabidfox 2004-06-14 9:49:38 AM|| 2004-06-14 9:49:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If the Japanese started running amphibious landing drills then we'd really see some freaking out in China/N Korea (and a host of other places).

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2004-06-14 10:00:39 AM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2004-06-14 10:00:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Like the Libs say... sometimes you got to look at the Constitution under a 21st century lens. LOL.

Watch out for when they start celebrating Navy Day again.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-14 10:13:54 AM|| 2004-06-14 10:13:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Japan's Parliament Boosts War Readiness"

Forty years ago-- or even thirty-- I would have found that headline at least a little bit unsettling. But now, it's comforting.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-06-14 11:37:24 AM|| 2004-06-14 11:37:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 this is a good measure...china's policy of using nkors's as leverage on the US is really starting to backfire in thier faces.. they should of known they could not fully control kimmie...

Posted by Dan 2004-06-14 11:47:18 AM|| 2004-06-14 11:47:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm with you, Dave D. I think it's a good thing that "The new legislation allows Japanese and American militaries to appropriate seaports, airports, roads, radio frequencies and other public property for military use to respond to an emergency . . . (giving) soldiers the right to raid ships suspected of carrying foreign military supplies." And what's wrong with that? Japan is small. It could be wiped out pretty easily.

". . . the Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Union said in a statement. "By allowing this legislation, Japan is turning its back to the peace-seeking world and advancing along a path toward isolationism . . ."
For cryin' out loud--journalists seem to be the same everywhere! "Turning its back on the PEACE-SEEKING world"?? Looks to me like they're turning their back on the WAR-SEEKING world of the Islamofascists. And "ISOLATIONISM?" Hardly.

I really think that journalists believe that if there is a change of power, that whoever is left in charge, would somehow "respect" and "honor" the journalists--that they would be immune from harm or punishment. Idiots.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-06-14 11:51:34 AM|| 2004-06-14 11:51:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 #2 Lotr: one can dream.......

I wonder if this has any effect on the Japanese soldiers in Iraq?

Posted by Evert V. in NL 2004-06-14 1:55:19 PM|| [http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=935389&t=2] 2004-06-14 1:55:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I wouldn't be worried about Japan's size or defense strength as a weakness.

How many times have they fended off an attack by Godzilla and other monsters?

Posted by Anonymous4021 2004-06-14 2:29:29 PM|| 2004-06-14 2:29:29 PM|| Front Page Top

The new legislation allows Japanese and American militaries to appropriate seaports, airports, roads, radio frequencies and other public property for military use to respond to an emergency.

The legislation allows the government to set aside private property for use by the U.S. military, ....

Anybody else find it extraordinary that the legislation calls out the US military in particular? I'm sure there are many strings attached but for a democratic nation to grant seemingly broad powers over private property to a foreign military in peacetime strikes me as quite unusual.

Posted by AzCat 2004-06-14 5:32:08 PM|| 2004-06-14 5:32:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 AzCat - if they have to use this legislation, it probably will no longer be peacetime for the Japanese. And they know who will stand beside them and who will just run their mouths - and run.

Their passing this legislation makes me wonder what they know, or think they know, is coming.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-14 8:34:01 PM|| 2004-06-14 8:34:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Agreed Barbara but it's still amazing to me that they're forward-looking enough to push it through while the threat is still (seemingly?) on the horizon.

Posted by AzCat 2004-06-14 8:43:47 PM|| 2004-06-14 8:43:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Remember, folks, this news comes on the heels of the terrifying revelation that a member of Al Qeada was caught in Japan monitoring US Naval movements.

Ain't but one reason why Al Qaeda would be doing that and there is only one nation with any interest in US Naval movements and that is Red China.

Posted by badanov 2004-06-14 8:49:37 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-06-14 8:49:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Think also of piracy and Straits of Malacca...

Posted by Pappy 2004-06-14 11:16:42 PM|| 2004-06-14 11:16:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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