the us is a total trump show now but back before it all started the us agreed along with russia to guarantee their safety and the us really blew off that obligation. I mean japan should really have started building up its military at that point.
If I’m understanding what you mean correctly, then that is the point that Japan started building up its military again. The war in Ukraine was a shock to the system for many countries, and Japan was no exception. Their subsequent 2023 force design white paper outlined a whole host of ways that they intended to expand and modernize the force in order to better handle a potential fight if the “rules-based international order” (their words) were to continue its trajectory of instability.
Still, your point stands, as to my understanding, they remain deeply dependent on INDOPACOM for coordination a lot of the time. For example: South Korea is by far one of their best options as regional allies go, but those two haven’t really been able to put aside the hate for each other very effectively. They’re explicitly allied, but most Asia Pacific training operations involving Korea and Japan are configured with the US as the glue holding them together. I, for one, wouldn’t trust that glue to keep holding.
I mean Im thinking the taking of crimea is when they should have started and yeah south korea, japan, taiwan need to combine with some other asian countries and maybe bring in australia and canada if they can.
That’s the main problem I have with western support of Ukraine, it all feels like just enough to take advantage of rebuilding after the war.
the us is a total trump show now but back before it all started the us agreed along with russia to guarantee their safety and the us really blew off that obligation. I mean japan should really have started building up its military at that point.
If I’m understanding what you mean correctly, then that is the point that Japan started building up its military again. The war in Ukraine was a shock to the system for many countries, and Japan was no exception. Their subsequent 2023 force design white paper outlined a whole host of ways that they intended to expand and modernize the force in order to better handle a potential fight if the “rules-based international order” (their words) were to continue its trajectory of instability.
Still, your point stands, as to my understanding, they remain deeply dependent on INDOPACOM for coordination a lot of the time. For example: South Korea is by far one of their best options as regional allies go, but those two haven’t really been able to put aside the hate for each other very effectively. They’re explicitly allied, but most Asia Pacific training operations involving Korea and Japan are configured with the US as the glue holding them together. I, for one, wouldn’t trust that glue to keep holding.
I mean Im thinking the taking of crimea is when they should have started and yeah south korea, japan, taiwan need to combine with some other asian countries and maybe bring in australia and canada if they can.
With friends like the US who needs enemies…