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Originally posted by Claeren@Nov 12 2004, 06:32 PM
Japan has over 160,000 active defence force members, a sizable air force, active and accomplished space, communications, and intelligence complex's, and one of the worlds largest navy's. All in all it is easily among the top 5 military's in the world and there are many who feel that if it were allowed to be more active, not to mention if it spent an amount of its GDP more consistent with the other world powers, it would be easily show itself to be number 2 behind the USA.
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Whoa whoa whoa, it would seem then that the only thing holding it back is really just the constitution. I had no idea their 'Self Defense Force' was so large, I just knew it was there but it was restricted to Japan only. Military is big enough it would seem.
I realize America is mostly in Japan for it's own interests, but 47 000 troops? That's a rather large amount of people, part of which could be better used in Iraq IMO...