German warships set to sail through Taiwan Strait

[Mac-7]

When did Xi say China should control Asia.

I'm sure you can find a quote.

Japan spends less than 1% of GDP on it's military, and they don't even call it a "Military".

Does he have go spell it out for you?

Or draw you a picture?

 

[braalian]

Does he have go spell it out for you?

Or draw you a picture?

To be fair, they’re wielding their power a lot more subtlety than we or the Europeans ever did in the region

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Show me sails or there's no sailing going on.

It's like the term, "hanging up the phone" by pushing a button. Or "rolling up your window" when you push a button.

 

[Mac-7]

They have a self defense force, not a military that is designed for offensive operations. Their constitution forbids it, something the US made them add to their new constitution after WWII

All of that changed thanks to the real threat of china

Abe began the rearmament with the encouragement of trump

New warships, advanced missiles, ect

Japan will be an important ally if war breaks out

 

[braalian]

It's like the term, "hanging up the phone". All you are doing is pushing a button.

It wasn’t even really “hanging it up” when all we did was set the receiver back in the craddle

I’m thinking that expression came from these old things

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I do not think either is going to invade anyone.

What was the last country that Communist China invaded?

They are very pushy, that is for sure

Tibet.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The US spends 3.4 percent of their GDP on our military. China spends 1.7% of their GDP on their military. Yet you claim they are making their military too big

Everything is cheaper in China for the Chinese. How much do they pay their troops? They steal all of their weapon's designs from Western countries or Russia. They pirate technology from everyone else in the world. You did not know this?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

All of that changed thanks to the real threat of china

Abe began the rearmament with the encouragement of trump

New warships, advanced missiles, ect

Japan will be an important ally if war breaks out

Their equipment is still defensive in nature, their constitution has not changed.

Are you suggesting they should ignore their own constitution?

 

[Mac-7]

Well, your ignorance of stuff abounds.


Can you name where China has done that? Not the South China Sea, that actually belongs to China.

Artificial islands that did not exist before

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Tibet.

yep, in 1950.

How many countries has the US invaded since then?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

We are the reason Japan does not a "military" as we forced them to put it in their new constitution when we beat them in WWII

Japan has a very robust military but does not stress offensive capabilities. Many of their warships are licensed knock-offs of ours. That is why it is called the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF).

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

yep, in 1950.

How many countries has the US invaded since then?

None that didn't deserve it.

 

[Mac-7]

Their equipment is still defensive in nature, their constitution has not changed.

Are you suggesting they should ignore their own constitution?

You are out of touch as usual

They didnt have to amend the constitution

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/16/1143017026/japan-defense-spending-weapons-buildup-rearming

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Japan has a very robust military but does not stress offensive capabilities. Many of their warships are licensed knock-offs of ours. That is why it is called the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF).

See post 135 you fucking moron.

None that didn't deserve it.

Same thing that Russia, and China and Iraq say.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

You are out of touch as usual

They didnt have to amend the constitution

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/16/1143017026/japan-defense-spending-weapons-buildup-rearming

From your own fucking link....

The government insists that Japan's defense policies will remain strictly defensive, and the country will neither threaten other nations, nor carry out preemptive strikes, in violation of international law.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Their equipment is still defensive in nature, their constitution has not changed.

Are you suggesting they should ignore their own constitution?

Equipment is not defensive or offensive in nature. It all depends how you use it. Their new "helicopter cruiser" carries their version of the F-35B. Is that offensive or defensive?

 

[braalian]

Tibet.

And how long ago was that?

China has a shitty record on its own internal civil liberties, but you have to admit they’ve not been aggressive territorially compared to every other super power that’s ever existed. Including us.

 

[Mac-7]

From your own fucking link....

The government insists that Japan's defense policies will remain strictly defensive, and the country will neither threaten other nations, nor carry out preemptive strikes, in violation of international law.

And you believe them?

Government officials are often not the best source for the truth

Japan is building a military to reach out and hurt china if it needs to

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

See post 135 you fucking moron.

If you check, I responded to post 131, you fucking moron! So, you corrected your own fucking error later!

Same thing that Russia, and China and Iraq say.

They lie.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

And how long ago was that?

China has a shitty record on its own internal civil liberties, but you have to admit they’ve not been aggressive territorially compared to every other super power that’s ever existed. Including us.

They should have learned their lesson then, but they invaded Vietnam in 1979.