Bush wants Japan to be led by militarists, once again — just not with nuclear weapons. Maybe.
On December 25, the Japanese newspaper Sankei
Shimbun published a government document dated December 20 about Japan’s
intention to develop small nuclear warheads.
On December 25, the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun published a government document dated December 20 about Japan’s intention to develop small nuclear warheads.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki immediately refuted the report’s authenticity, saying, “The government does not know anything about the existence of the document.” Nevertheless, the question of a Japanese nuclear bomb remains open.
Using the North Korean threat as an excuse, the government is urging the nation to give up the constitution’s pacifist clauses, embark on the formation of powerful armed forces, put a legal stamp of approval on the right of the Japanese army and navy to participate in military operations in any part of the world together with the United States, and set up a government intelligence service modeled after the CIA.
Having endorsed, or rather initiated, the revision of the constitution’s pacifist articles, Washington is trying to make broader use of the Japanese armed forces in its military missions. Having met with reluctance on the part of its European allies to take part in its ventures, Americans have started looking to still-obedient Japan.
Changing constitutions back to the Dark Ages seems to be fashionable, nowadays. Along with the ever-popular non-denial denial.
Posted: Sat - December 30, 2006 at 10:35 AM