• yesman@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The reason we protect Japan is because they agreed to scale back their imperial military to a small defense force protected by the American nuclear umbrella. It also gives the US influence over Asia and feeds into the global free movement of goods.

    If I were Japan or SKorea hearing this news, I’d be looking hard at a nuclear weapons program.