i fail to see the point sam.samcdkey said:After the end of the war, the demilitarization of the Japanese armed forces was carried out with extreme speed. On October 16, 1945, MacArthur announced in a statement that "Today the Japanese Armed Forces throughout Japan completed their demobilization and ceased to exist as such." The dismantling of the Japanese armed forces, the fact that there no longer existed any armed forces, greatly influenced the arguments for changing the Meiji Constitution's military provisions.
i fail to see the point sam.
when you lose you surrender.
iraq seems to say otherwise sam.And when you have no armed forces, you cannot fight back.
Shikata ga nai: nothing can be done about it.
iraq seems to say otherwise sam.
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and why didn't they return to their former lifestyle after 1962?
By the mid-1970s, memories of World War II had faded, and a growing number of people believed that Japan's military and diplomatic roles should reflect its rapidly growing economic strength. At the same time, United States-Soviet strategic contention in the area around Japan had increased. In 1976 Defense Agency director general Sakata Michita called upon the cabinet to adopt the National Defense Program Outline to improve the quality of the armed forces and more clearly define their strictly defensive role. For this program to gain acceptance, Sakata had to agree to a ceiling on military expenditures of 1 % of the gross national product (GNP) and a prohibition on exporting weapons and military technology. The outline was adopted by the cabinet and, according to public opinion polls, was approved by approximately 60 % of the people. Throughout the remainder of the 1970s and into the 1980s, the quality of the SDF improved and public approval of the improved forces went up.
neither was the japanese in the context you speak of.Iraq is not disarmed;
you mean the insurgents want them out.And they want the US out.
the japanese aren't going anywhere sam.As for the Japanese, keep a watch on them.
neither was the japanese in the context you speak of.
you mean the insurgents want them out.
the japanese aren't going anywhere sam.
no, not like syria is training iraqis insurgents.No one was training the Japanese military
no, not like syria is training iraqis insurgents.
really?More hype.
really?
Syria’s involvement in facilitating the Iraqi insurgency has been apparent for some time. Recent intelligence indicates al Qaeda in Iraq has conducted a meeting within Syrian territory. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has accused Syria of "allowing its territory to be used to organize terrorist attacks against innocent Iraqis." Syria responded by severing military and intelligence ties with the United States and claiming that they have arrested or deported over 1,200 jihadis who were attempting to enter Iraq. The United States is just ungrateful for the efforts, according to the Syrian government. The situation along the Syrian-Iraqi border has gotten so bad there are rumors that a buffer zone will be created to seal the border.
http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/006982.php
Sammy Sam Sam.... Ahhhh the same reason we invaded in the first place!?!?!?If the American people and the Iraqi people want the US out of Iraq, why are they still there?
You obviously don't get out much! I have never in my life met a German or a Japanese or a South Korean that are happy to have USA military bases in their country. And they are not even occupied!Germany, Japan, South Korea, to name a few.
Sam said:I especially find their gold reserves very interesting.
We did, originally. It was easier because we had a frontier, but the western Homesteading and before that the unilateral revocation and breakup of huge land grants on the Appalachian frontier worked in much the same way.michael said:Just something I always find interesting. God forbid we ever think of doing such a thing in America.
You obviously don't get out much! I have never in my life met a German or a Japanese or a South Korean that are happy to have USA military bases in their country. And they are not even occupied!
as opposed to what? "the iraqi daily spin"?You're talking to people who get all their information from the US media (or faux news, if you will) not real people.![]()