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Old 12-18-06, 11:19 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Camaero
The Japs are our strongest eastern ally. They face two major enemys - N. Korea and China. The US also faces these countries. I don't mind at all if they are building up. They are way too democratic to go backwards now.
Says who ?
Democracy is not a god given right.
It can go away as easily as it came.
Noticing that you come from Italy and that we're talking about the former Axis countries of WWII, would you apply that to your country? :hmm:

I wouldn't, although Italy has tinkered with fascism every now and then.

While the Japanese supress the hsitory of their own wickedness which they perpetrated during WWII, this appears to be done in order to avoid a national shame. I think that's a shame and a disgrace in itself but I don't see this as a sign or a concern of their reverting back to the days of an emporer with his empire.
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