We write a constitution for Japan denouncing war and then make them sign it. And now we're encouraging them to denounce that? No wonder they're confused and annoyed with us.
Their constitution (signed at literal gunpoint) states that all Japanese citizens will forever be a peace loving people. They are prevented from having an army (they are allowed a peace keeping force). However, they were charter members of the "coalition of the willing" and sent troops to Iraq. But because they aren't an army, they have to wear bright blue helmets (much like the journalists and doctors). Lately the militant Iraqis, growing frustrated at the constant presence of outsiders on their homeland, have been trying to shoot the outsiders. Naturally, the easy targets are the guys with the neon blue hats. The Japanese, not pleased with the death toll, want to pull back their people, but the US government wants to keep all the pals they have. The only way to keep the Japanese in Iraq would be to sanction an actual army. The only way to do that would be to violate their constitution, which we made them sign to begin with.
That, by the way, is a textbook definition of irony. On multiple levels, no less.
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Their constitution (signed at literal gunpoint) states that all Japanese citizens will forever be a peace loving people. They are prevented from having an army (they are allowed a peace keeping force). However, they were charter members of the "coalition of the willing" and sent troops to Iraq. But because they aren't an army, they have to wear bright blue helmets (much like the journalists and doctors). Lately the militant Iraqis, growing frustrated at the constant presence of outsiders on their homeland, have been trying to shoot the outsiders. Naturally, the easy targets are the guys with the neon blue hats. The Japanese, not pleased with the death toll, want to pull back their people, but the US government wants to keep all the pals they have. The only way to keep the Japanese in Iraq would be to sanction an actual army. The only way to do that would be to violate their constitution, which we made them sign to begin with.
That, by the way, is a textbook definition of irony. On multiple levels, no less.
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