The word “Historically” usually includes events that occurred over 80 years ago… Japan was a rogue state that attacked multiple countries and massacred millions. To brush that all off just because they got militarily neutered after WW2 is a pretty silly thing to say.
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adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
They’re probably right — historically, Japan has had a defense-only army and no nuclear arsenal, and depended on the US to defend it through treaties.
The current US administration has demonstrated that those treaties are likely worthless today; Japan can’t depend on the US to come to its aid if another country attacks them.
stink@lemmygrad.ml 6 days ago
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Recently Japan has had a defense-only army.
Historically, Japan tried to conquer all of Asia.
The only reason they didn’t possess nuclear weapons is because they hadn’t been invented yet.
stink@lemmygrad.ml 6 days ago
Yeah idk what that guy is smoking. They had offensive weapons and used it to terrorize the entirety of Asia. Now Thatcher 2.0 wants offensive weapons again and we should be okay with it?