Japan to expand military overseas

[Schadenfroh]

http://www.janes.com/news/defence/triservice/jdw/jdw100504_1_n.shtml

Japan is opening its first overseas army base since the Second World War in Djibouti, which adjoins Somalia and faces Yemen across the mouth of the Red Sea, to house personnel involved in regional counter-piracy operations.

The Djibouti base also breaks new ground for Japan, paving the way for further overseas military missions.

This is good news. I have always thought that U.S. and friends should use the Somali pirate situation as "practice." Disposing of pirates, keeping shipping lanes safe, all the while allowing our allies to gain needed experience in case it needs to be used against more powerful adversaries in the future.

I know this kinda violates their constitution, but some of the clauses put in there by us after the war are a bit overbearing these days considering how far they have come.

As their military gains more experience, we might be able to reduce the amount of troops stationed there to protect them. I know we have a cost-sharing agreement with them, which does help keep the cost of stationing them there down. If we do have a showdown in East Asia with The Reds, it will be nice to know Japan's military is mature enough to help or at least to protect themselves while our efforts are focused elsewhere.

:thumbsup: to the Great Britain of the Pacific.

 

[nageov3t]

if I had like Warren Buffet money, I'd try to just buy Somalia. warlord loyalty can't be that expensive.

 

[Lemon law]

Post WW2, the surrender agreement with the Japaneses included clauses to prevent its military from ever reconstituting. I do not to what extent those agreements would have to be amended, but I think everyone now basically agrees such agreements to delimit the Japanese military have outlived their usefulness.

Part of the reasons for limiting the Japanese military were based on accidental historical conditions unlikely to ever recur again. Japanese military hegemony in the Eastern Pacific would be impossible today now that a much larger China is building its economy
and other Asian Countries have large economies based on international trade.

 

[Kirby]

Post WW2, the surrender agreement with the Japaneses included clauses to prevent its military from ever reconstituting. I do not to what extent those agreements would have to be amended, but I think everyone now basically agrees such agreements to delimit the Japanese military have outlived their usefulness.

Part of the reasons for limiting the Japanese military were based on accidental historical conditions unlikely to ever recur again. Japanese military hegemony in the Eastern Pacific would be impossible today now that a much larger China is building its economy
and other Asian Countries have large economies based on international trade.

And ROK would beat their ass if they tried that shit again.

 

[Blackjack200]

Post WW2, the surrender agreement with the Japaneses included clauses to prevent its military from ever reconstituting. I do not to what extent those agreements would have to be amended, but I think everyone now basically agrees such agreements to delimit the Japanese military have outlived their usefulness.
Part of the reasons for limiting the Japanese military were based on accidental historical conditions unlikely to ever recur again. Japanese military hegemony in the Eastern Pacific would be impossible today now that a much larger China is building its economy
and other Asian Countries have large economies based on international trade.

I'll bet China disagrees, and wouldn't mind seeing Japan stay neutered. I imagine that at some point Japan will just do what we do and ignore the treaty/agreement or whatever document is preventing them from arming.

 

[Danube]

Maybe we can get Japan to send some troops to Mexican border

 

[evident]

as long as they are lock step with the USA, its all good

 

[theflyingpig]

Hopefully the Japanese haven't been completely emasculated by being nuked twice, and can still show the same level of brutality toward the Somali pirates that they did to the Chinese in WWII. Hopefully.

 

[Blackjack200]

Hopefully the Japanese haven't been completely emasculated by being nuked twice, and can still show the same level of brutality toward the Somali pirates that they did to the Chinese in WWII. Hopefully.

Watch some of their cartoons and tell me they're right in the head.

 

[theflyingpig]

Watch some of their cartoons and tell me they're right in the head.

What a man draws and what a man does are two different things, my friend. All little kids like to draw war pictures, but if you give them a gun, most won't slaughter the innocent. Similarly just because the Japanese draw tentacle rape and giant robots slaughtering innocents, does not mean they will actually do it. They must prove themselves in battle. They must show the Somali pirates what terror really is. Only then will they redeem themselves. Everyone knows this.

 

[irishScott]

Cool. Japan is one of the few nations that could actually use a strong military wisely, and would nicely offest the Chinese in that regard. Glad to see they're headed that way.

 

[gaidensensei]

Imperialistic honor is no longer what it used to be to them.

Guess it was only a matter of time.

 

[JSt0rm]

Maybe we should make vacations out of it. You can go hunt pirates with a nations military for 100k. buahahah. "Get on the 50 cal we see their skiff."