The Japanese rightist

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Ready for nuke-armed alliance with Taiwan

2ch is very interesting. It's just a gigantic message board, yet you'll know how general opinion has been swinging but leaning to consolidation. After a series of the six-party talks, the silent majority seemed to have come to a resolution, "make nukes and ally with Taiwan" as far as I can see in 2ch.

Apparently the six-nation pact on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program sounded nonsense to Japanese people. But what made them more scared was the undependable attitude of US, giving up confrontation with North Korea.

"Another almost-abondoned nation shouldn't be overlooked," say a number of right-wingers in the message boards, namely, they now think about the alliance with Taiwan.



Their points are as follows:
1) US has been retracting their troops to the second defense line (see up figure), that connects Phillipine, Guam, and Hawaii. They let enemy have nukes while don't let allies do the same thing.

2) Korean peninsula is unfortunately controlled by communists and will also be.

3) Taiwanese old people who remember Japanese rule are thinking favorably of Japan. If some action should be taken, it's now, or they'll die.

4) Stronger coordination with Australia and India is essential. Letting US fight a proxy war against China in Middle East, Japan can defend chokepoints such as canals together with Australia.

5) Develop nukes and share them with Taiwan. Then tentative peace should be protected.

East Asia watchers who only rely on conventional media such as newspapers may still misunderstand that Japanese are pacifistic, but no. Don't forget many of them got money from Chinese communists and mislead readers.

The six-party was very huge to Japan. It determined her future with a span of a few decades.


2 Comments:

At 3/08/2007 03:31:00 PM , Blogger Mr. Ballistic said...

It is so sad to see so many japanese willing to defend a democracy abandoned by the US.


Give the us some slack on the basing issue. The US is not so much pulling back as being evicted and sued out.


Seoul is rendering the USFK homeless in short order by dwadling on the pyontaek base issue.

If the US attacks Pyongyang the bases will be efectively be 500 miles behind enemy lines.

US marines in okinawa are not the best focal point for US PR anyway. I have a feeling that the more US troops me move out of japan the better relations will be. After all a few hundred techs running the x-band radar and patriots are the type of soldier not inclined to make trouble.

I certainly feel that the Japanese government should foot the bill for mistakes americans make abroad. However I don't think Japan has an option if the US will not get involved.

Even if Abe brings out a fully operational and mirved nuclear missile tonight Japan's close geography assues that whomever first strikes japan will probably win.

 
At 3/08/2007 07:10:00 PM , Blogger yellowpeep said...

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