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277 | Does America’s Most Important Asian Ally Want to Fight? - Tobias Harris on a pacifist Japan in the 21st century

The Realignment

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I Think There's a Real Danger of Mossing on This

Shinzaba was responding to something which is real, says imean Ewcrane. I think it's possible to try to get folks to respond to issues and dangers in the present without having to both over emphasize the past and the present, he adds. The fact that japan yohad yohas article nine did have this anti militaris identity made a lot of people uncomfortable with what they were hearing from shinzaba about post-war Japan. But by 20 15, 20 16, i think he finally recognized, well, you know what? We don't want to see as wy go to war again if that means oudging road for our own defences

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