Zelensky’s visit to Japan dominates the G7 meeting presently being held there.
The Japanese aren't stupid. They're an exceptionally polite culture and I'm sure they will greet Zelensky with their traditional charm. But they're not going to get any more involved in this mess than is absolutely necessary.
They're obligated to put on a good show because of their association with the U.S.A. But that's all it will be,..a show.
I've spent a lot of time around the Japanese. I don't know them completely. I *do* have a bit of an inkling as to how they think.
At the end of WW2, Japan stated that they would make war no more. When Japan puts out a decree like that it's not just idle talk. It's a declaration of a change in the way its culture is to be configured.
I knew that the second George Bush was out of touch when he requested that Japan participate in the Iraq war.
Japan doesn't do war.
Eventually, they agreed to participate in non combat activities associated with the war in Iraq.
I can just imagine what they think about this mess that the neocons have caused in Ukraine,...and what they think about that squatty little clown dropping by to beg for assistance from Japan.
Yes, of course and all so nice.
Did you miss the part earlier this year of Japan and most other nations in the pacific rim region increasing their military budgets substantially and Japan saying that North Korea firing rockets into their vicinity would be dealt with if it didn’t cease? Did you miss those?
Japan has committed to supplying assistance to Ukraine today.
