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by Dan Perjovschi
 6 years ago

"mehr Krieg wagen"

In July 2014, Japan's government approved a reinterpretation of this article despite concerns and disapproval from mainland China and South Korea, although the United States supported the move. This reinterpretation would allow Japan to exercise the right of "collective self defense" and exercise military action if one of its allies were to be attacked. It is considered by some parties as illegitimate, posing a serious danger to Japan's democracy since the Prime Minister circumvented the constitutional amendment procedure, dictating a radical change to the meaning of fundamental principles in the Constitution by way of Cabinet fiat without Diet debate, vote, or public approval.
Tagswar
 8 years ago

those excuses are good for nothing, either

War doesn't brutalize people, people brutalize people.

Sometimes that's called war, but it's not like war "is" and "does" stuff, no matter how often people who want to absolve themselves of their decisions may claim so.
 10 years ago

Cold calculus isn't panic.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was a panicked reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-15/the-case-for-abolishing-the-dhs

The DHS was suggested way in advance, for one, as was going to war in the Middle East.

As for the panic:

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