Japan vs. The Islamic State

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VICE

Published on Mar 6, 2015
The brutal beheadings of Japanese nationals Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa by the Islamic State in January have shocked the island nation and lent momentum to an effort to expand the limitations imposed on its constitution and military after its defeat by the United States in World War II.

Leftists in Japan fear that the incident will encourage a departure from the country's pacifist constitution, whose Article 9 states that "the Japanese people forever renounce… the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes." Right-wingers, meanwhile, see an opportunity to allow Japan to assert itself as a truly sovereign state.

VICE News reports from Japan as its prime minister and right wing are pushing for re-militarization of the pacifist nation, amid protests from the left who staunchly oppose any changes to Article 9 of the constitution.

[Renew Deal]

1. I watched this earlier

The Japanese are in a tough spot. A lot of points were made, but what I think is that many believe that the US is an unreliable protector and enforcer. Just look at the Ukraine situation.

Abe has been pushing his militarist RW views the last few years. The ISIS situation helped his side. I don't know how a constitutional change will play in China.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

3. Yes. Look at the Ukraine situation. The Ukraine is not in NATO.

And Russia is taking a beating over it anyway.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

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5. "We made a big mistake"

That deal, known as the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, was not a formal treaty but a diplomatic memorandum of understanding. Still, the terms couldn't be clearer: Russia, the U.S. and U.K. agreed "to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine...reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine."

Twenty years on, politicians in Kiev are bitterly regretting the decision to trust the word of Washington and London. "We gave up nuclear weapons because of this agreement," says Ukrainian parliamentarian Pavlo Rizanenko, a former world boxing champion and member of presidential candidate Vitali Klitschko's UDAR Party. "Now there's a strong sentiment in Ukraine that we made a big mistake."

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/03/28/ukraines-broken-nuclear-promises-248003.html

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2. Right wingers pushing for war? Im surprised....

Same is happening in Europe, militant Islam is causing the rise of the Right wing.

[snooper2]

4. or, assholes fundies are starting to piss people off

My plan would be to isolate them....where water is scarce