Recently, the communist bandit government in Peking sent personnel to exploit oil resources in the South China Sea which clashed with the forces of the communist bandit government in Hanoi as it happened in an area claimed by both the Chinese and the Vietnamese. Because of this increase in the centuries-old tension between China and Vietnam, the Vietnamese have struck back and mobs have attacked "Chinese" businesses in Vietnam (mostly around Saigon), harming, inadvertently no doubt, some Taiwanese and Japanese businesses and people in the process. This has caused some people in Japan to voice their moral support for the Vietnamese against the shared threat of communist China and that is perfectly understandable as the Vietnamese are clearly in the right in this situation. Vietnam has even drawn closer to the United States in recent years because of the increasing threat posed by Red China which seems set on a policy of expansion the likes of which has scarcely been seen before in Chinese history (a good clue that the post-imperial China is a totally different entity from the true, traditional China of yesterday). In the world of politics and international relations, such alliances of convenience are sometimes necessary but, of course, when it comes to a communist dictatorship like Vietnam, some caution is called for.
Remember that the communist Vietnamese have fought fellow communists before; they fought the Cambodian regime of Pol Pot and they fought Red China. They will do whatever is necessary to maintain their hold on power and that is the bottom line of all of these moves. In the past, they made common cause with the French to remove the forces of the Republic of China from North Vietnam and, it must not be forgotten, these are the successors of those same Vietnamese communists who made common cause with the United States in World War II to oppose the Empire of Japan and the traditional, legitimate, independent regime of the Empire of Vietnam which Japan had enabled to be established. Communist Vietnam will surely welcome Japanese support but it will never be returned so long as the Communist Party remains in power in Hanoi. If Japan is ever in danger, do not count on the support, moral or otherwise, of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. However, this does serve to highlight the increasingly dangerous world of the East Asia area due to the expansionist policies of Red China. It is, therefore, only reasonable that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently proposed a reinterpretation of the constitution to allow for collective security measures to be taken by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
When this news was made public, it was interesting to note the response of two major powers: the United States of America voiced support for Japan taking a more direct role in its own security and the People's Republic of China denounced the idea as being part of the "negative actions" taken by Japan. The United States wants a stronger Japan, while Red China wants a Japan that is weak and dependent on others for security. This is an example of why maintaining good Japanese-American relations is important, in spite of what has happened in the past. What was done to Japan in the past, particularly by the regime of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is appalling and the Japanese people should be aware of the details of it to restore their own national pride (as I have tried to do here). However, Japan should become like South Korea and become so obsessed with the past as to allow it to weaken Japan in the present and in the future. Even though most Americans are just as misinformed about the Second World War in East Asia (the Greater East Asian War) they still view Japan as a trustworthy friend and ally. What is ironic is that there are now people in the United States who support what the FDR regime had opposed Japan for in the 1930's.
America would like to see Japan become stronger and embrace collective security measures in order to stand guard, more independently, of East Asia as a responsible power because the United States is increasingly weary as the sole super-power in the world. This is ironically very similar to what some in Japan proposed in the 1930's which was for Japan to issue a "Monroe Doctrine" for East Asia. This was the idea that compared a proposed Japanese policy with that of the Monroe Doctrine in which the United States warned off the powers of Europe from any further involvement in the affairs of the Americas (basically the United States did not want European countries regaining control of the colonies which had recently declared themselves independent republics). If there were any problems in the Americas, according to the Monroe Doctrine, the United States would deal with them but everyone else was to keep "hands off". Some in Japan proposed the same sort of measure for East Asia, telling Europe and America to stay out of the region and that Japan would take care of any problems. At the time, such a notion angered the United States but now there is perhaps even more of a desire for something similar in America than in Japan. The United States would prefer for Japan to be stronger in containing the expansionist forces of Red China.
The Communist Chinese, of course, want Japan to remain weak and dependent for others for security. They do this because they do not want Japan to be able to forge any real alliances with other victims of Red Chinese aggression and because they want Japan to be isolated. They can see that Americans are fast losing their desire to intervene in world affairs where the U.S. is not directly threatened and they hope that they can intimidate a weak Japan into bowing to their will, one issue at a time, due to the weakness of Japanese military forces and the idea that the American people have grown tired and frustrated with fighting on behalf of other people only to condemned and vilified for it. Red China wants Japan weak and most importantly isolated and they hope that if they can achieve that, they can obtain what they want from Japan without having to actually fight at all. They envision a quick strike to grab the Senkakus after which the Japanese government, isolated from any powerful supporters, will take no action but to protest to the UN or something like that and the issue will be dragged on indefinitely as a legal matter all the while China controls and exploits the Senkakus. That is the future China envisions and is working for.
This is why, not without learning the truth of history and standing by it, defending the integrity of the prior generations of Japanese and refuting falsehoods with facts, the Japanese should not give in hatred but instead to preserve the Japanese-American alliance that exists today. To encourage anger against America (and thus foster American anger against Japan) is to aid the Red Chinese, and even the South Koreans, in their cause to isolate Japan from the one country strong enough to deter China militarily. After all, why do you suppose the South Koreans put those Comfort Women statues in the United States when the issue does not involve America at all? They do it because they want to drive a wedge between America and Japan and to weaken and isolate the Japanese from American support. Please do not inadvertently assist these people! For the sake of future generations Japan must expand its population, strengthen its armed forces and take a strong stand internationally. However, until Japan is strong enough to deter any threat from Red China, there must be a strong solidarity with the United States to accomplish this together. America wants a stronger Japan, the people need a stronger Japan and East Asia needs a stronger Japan so the way forward is clear: strengthen now and quickly so Japan can move forward for security!
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