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Originally posted by Cowperson+Nov 12 2004, 04:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Cowperson @ Nov 12 2004, 04:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-FlamesAllTheWay@Nov 12 2004, 10:35 PM
Yeah, as the article states the consititution has to be dealt with first as it's basically written that Japan will have no military of any sort. However, if they can shift away from this policy and get a decent military underway going it would take some of the burden of the USA as they are somewhat bound by treaty to protect Japan...
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Japan has a great military and spends one of the larger sums in the world on weaponry.
Its called a "Self Defence Force" though and the stickler in the constitution is prohibitions on ranging beyond the home islands.
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Oh yeah, there is the Self Defense Force. And it was designed to protect Japan and feed info to the USA during the cold war. But still, the USA has about 47 000 troops and 200 aircraft in Japan right now. That is kind of what I was getting at when I said removing the strain from the American military.
Should Japan decide to get bigger larger military force and venture into the world of foreign affairs, there'd probably be room for America to take some of their troops out of Japan. I know one place where they might be needed...