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Griffith | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @Remi Do you think a stronger spine would have seen more success, or was the boat sinking part of the psyop to keep up the facade?
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Remi | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 I think it was a warning. 

No idea if he interpreted it as such though. Maybe he thought it was re and Japan would be defenseless without the US, maybe he thought it was sabotage and Jap ships would suddenly start getting blown up by his "ally". Maybe he feared for his life. In any case it was a difficult position to be in for sure. 

For future attempts at de-Americanization, it raises the fear of "are we going to get invaded by China if USA leaves?" They'd need to build up their own defenses first, and USA has every incentive to block any attempt at that. It's a tough nut to crack.
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Griffith | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @Remi China is a nuclear power, so there’s not much they can do in that regard.
Quite frankly, the Norks have shown the way forward. They have a limited nuclear program, and they play nice with both Russia and China, and use the interplay between them and their usefulness against the US to keep their independence. Japan has a lot more leeway, but also a lot more at stake. I doubt rushing nukes would make anyone happy. 
Their economic strength is really their biggest asset, but between financial fuckery, and potential damage from something like sanctions, they need more. The Japanese fleet is very strong regionally. If they had nukes and a more independent financial position, they could sit pretty on their island, a lot like the UK.
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Griffith | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @Remi Places like the UK are actually still really well set up. It’s just they’re really well set up for ZOG. The UK is really well set up so *nothing* gets in the way of infinity migrants. As long as the Japanese could match their success, with the ZOG Globohomogayplex, they would be sitting very pretty.
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Head on Table First :suicide: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Back in 2015/2016 when Trump talked about giving Japan nukes instead of us being there the kike media went off on him and basically, combined with fellow kike pundits on the right, attacked him till it convinced him to change course on that (though that prob didnt take much).