And it appears they are going to need a big year from the commerical side with all of the defense contracts currently (and yet to be) under investigation. 😮

US Agent.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it sometime in your County’s recent history when Americans were told it would be better to be dead than red? ;

Or have I got it the wrong way round?

Regards,

kev35

Communist RED = bad
Republican RED = good

😉

the ‘mutual’ defence agreement was aimed at the USSR, and even your link pointed out its cold war origins.

True…but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be used as justification for the US to come to Japan’s defense.

china is no iraq or afganistan, and any confrontation between china and japan will be about disputed land, not a fight to stop a chinese invation of japan. so do you seriously think that under those circumstances the american people will be willing to send thousands of its sons and daughters out to die in the pacific because japan wanted to plant their flag on an uninhabitable island?

Only if the confrontation escalates beyond a simple “stand off”…which it most definitely could.

Remember, most Americans did not want the US to liberate Iraq…but we did. 😉

its a highly debatable issue whether america will even send troops to fight and die to stop a chinese move on taiwan.

You keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better…but don’t count on it.

so japan is not going to risk so much (basically their whole navy and air force) all on the premise that uncle sam will be so selfless and come to their aid at such great costs (and thats only the military costs, the economic costs of a head on military confrontation between china and america will be many times worse for both).

You talk as though Japan can’t handle itself? …and that America is too frighten to take you on militarily if necessarily? :rolleyes:

no, if china and japan did come to blows over disputed islands, america will condamn china’s ‘aggression’, call for restrint on both sides and demand a cease fire, while providing intel support and shipping in new weapons for japan. but they will most likely only interfer if its looks like the conflict is about to spill out into an all out war and really threaten the american economy.

I think you have us confused with the EU.

:p

Not trying to turn this into a political thread, but does anybody like him?!
I certainly hate his guts

Apparently quite a few do…(including myself)…take note of the RED counties…

I don’t see what you mean by hopeless…
The question is that if Japan is willing to upset Beijing and jepordize it’s market interests in China over the islands.
You have to take into consideration that the only reason Japan is slopping out of its stagnation is because of new opportunities and business venture in China. If the situation gets ugly, well you’ll see corps like sony and panasonic take a huge toll not to mention the Jap auto industries in China as well.

A) Not “hopeless”….helpless. 😉

B) What I meant was that the PLAN has been flexing it’s muscle in and around the South China Sea when it’s up against navies from Vietnam, the Pilippines, etc., but that won’t work with JSMDF. China’s naval muscle isn’t big enough to intimidate Japan…yet.

C) China is smart enough to know that a “trade war” is also a no-win situation…since they do not hold all of the cards from an economic perspective (i.e. Japan could retaliate by withdrawing it’s investment in the mainland, and possibly shifting it over to Taiwan.)