07-02-2009, 04:04 PM
First of all, Japan has no real military, and have not had one since WWII and have no real way to defend themselves. I'm not denying we are up to our eyeballs in debt to China, cause we are, but China is not going to step up to the defense of Japan, especially since those two barely tolerate each other as it is. Neither China or Russia have North Korean nukes pointed there way.
However South Korea does and we (as in the United States) have been their protection since the 1950's against the North Korean hordes. Bet ya didn't know that the United States signed a treaty with South Korea, and like it or not, the United States is obligated to protect South Korea from the North. Which is why we have had troops located in the De-Militrized Zone at this very moment and have since The end of the Korean War.
Don't worry yourself though Z, I don't think that The Obama Administration has the balls to retaliate with nukes of our own, even if we are hit with one ourselves.
Here is an intresting AP artical you may or may not be intrested in.
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However South Korea does and we (as in the United States) have been their protection since the 1950's against the North Korean hordes. Bet ya didn't know that the United States signed a treaty with South Korea, and like it or not, the United States is obligated to protect South Korea from the North. Which is why we have had troops located in the De-Militrized Zone at this very moment and have since The end of the Korean War.
Don't worry yourself though Z, I don't think that The Obama Administration has the balls to retaliate with nukes of our own, even if we are hit with one ourselves.
Here is an intresting AP artical you may or may not be intrested in.
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