Japan and U.S. Boost Defense

Recently, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel were in Tokyo meeting with their Japanese counterparts on the subject of security. Things have become more tense recently with the lunatic "1984" regime in the slave labor camp of North Korea re-starting an old nuclear plant that they start up every few years, whenever they want something, so they can shut it down again when we give in to them and send them some more food to feed their starving population. Some good, common sense developments seem to have come out of this trip (even though I am no fan of Chuck Hagel or John Kerry). It has been agreed that the U.S. and Japan will increase military surveillance in the area by next year with the United States deploying the latest surveillance drones and Japan deploying the new P-8 maritime patrol craft to keep an eye on the troublemakers in the neighborhood. The United States also applauded Japan for taking on a bigger role in national defense. I agree and would say that it is in the best interests of both Japan and America for Japan to be as strong as possible.

A second missile defense radar system will also be installed in Japan, an early warning system that will stand guard for both Japan and the United States against any threat from North Korea and (though it was not spoken) their communist overlords in China. This is all absolutely necessary because not only does North Korea declare war on the United States every other year or so but, for some twisted reason, the North Koreans said that if South Korea ever attacks them -they will retaliate by attacking Japan. Of course, that doesn't make any sense whatever but, consider the source -these people still think Marxism is the way to economic prosperity. Clearly their brains do not work correctly. It is also unfortunate that so many times the antics of North Korea are rewarded with concessions by the United States and others, which only encourages future bad behavior and each time they have to go to even greater lengths to prove that "this time" they are serious so, sooner or later, they are going to go too far.

What is also disturbing however, in this noble display of Japanese-American solidarity, is the absence of the other non-communist countries of the region such as the Republic of China (Taiwan) and especially South Korea. Before coming to Japan, Secretary Hagel was in South Korea and attended a military parade as they worry about aggression from North Korea. However, South Korea refuses to make a military pact with Japan while they do have a military pact with Red China which backs up the North Koreans who attack them regularly and are always threatening to destroy them. Obviously, the attitude of South Korea makes no sense at all either. It is also highly disturbing that, about last year, a survey of South Korean college students found that they considered their #1 enemy to be Japan! They considered North Korea only #2 even though the North attacks them constantly and has tried to destroy them and just as insane they put the United States at #3 even above Red China that sent over a million soldiers to destroy South Korea while the United States was fighting to defend them. Obviously, the United States should uphold the defense treaties to the letter and always stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Japan, a country that has displayed more goodwill and frankly forgiveness than anyone else in the region toward America. That being said, Japan should never depend too much on any outside assistance for national defense and should make military preparedness and national security a top priority in these dangerous times.