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Quote by: GHook93 What has Japan done since WW II? Nothing! Why not support them. The leftist would rather have us support the Islmofacist, with the misguided hope that they will leave us alone if we do!

Well, it's a little more interesting than that. The U.S. did quite a bit to declaw Japan after WW II. They wrote a Constitution for them that does not allow Japan to have any kind of standing military. All they really have is a limited "Self Defense Forces". In return, the U.S. has taken up the burden of Japan's military defense. Which has been a pretty sweet deal for Japan so far because they essentially don't need a defense budget and can dedicate a whole lot more money to mobilizing their economy, which they have done in spades. So why would they want to screw all this up, you ask? There are a few potential reasons:

1.) They may find themselves becoming less ideologically aligned with the U.S. due to recent events and/or find the prospect of the U.S.'s continued support to be unreliable. After all, it is hard to reconcile the U.S.'s recent actions with the pacifistic mandate that they U.S. set down in the Japanese Constitution.

2.) Their strong sense of nationalism has caused them to become frustrated with the way that the U.S. manhandles their government. A strong standing military is always a point of national pride and a demonstration of a state's sovereignty.

3.) China may be making them nervous. China has certainly made Taiwan nervous.