TheDailySheeple: When the United States defeated Japan at the end of World War Two, they pretty much made the island nation their own little colony. They occupied the country, built military bases on their sovereign territory, and influenced the drafting of their postwar constitution. More importantly, the Japanese relinquished their right to wage war due to Article 9 of their constitution, and handed over the defense of their nation to the United States. The English translation of that article reads:
ARTICLE 9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
(2) To accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
That article has been hotly debated and reinterpreted ever since. To date, the only defenses that Japan maintains for itself is the Japan Self-Defense Force, which has been upheld by Japanese courts on the grounds that it is actually an extension of the National Police Force. MORE
It was a major mistake to allow Japan to disarm.
The Emperor should have been made to publicly swear that he and all subsequent leaders of Japan would forever serve the will of the United States.
They should have been our surrogates in Korea and Vietnam at the very least.
Sounds good to me!
Oops – too late…
We should give them nukes … oh, not like last time … to offset the belligerencies of China and North Korea.
Japan has figured out that they cannot depend on the U.S. for theirs defense.
Let those crazy little yellow bastards gear up and get back in the game. Does Beijing have a Pearl Harbor? Just askin’….