History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Japan, Germany sign military supply-sharing pact.
https:// english.kyodonews.net /news/2024/01/f4dbfe9cbad4-japan-germany-sign-military-supply-sharing-pact-amid-china-rise.html History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Japan, Germany sign military supply-sharing pact.
Lol couple of losers hanging out together I guess
4Replythe new treaty will enable Japan and Germany to "proactively contribute to peace and safety of the international community" together.
That sounds familiar:
Given that the PRC is geographically “between” Germany and Japan similarly to how the Soviet Union was, I doubt that this is a mere coincidence.
2ReplyDoesn't this violate the Japanese constitution or did they just decide to ignore it?
1ReplyJapan has reinterpreted Article 9 to allow them to have “self defense” forces beyond reasonable interpretation of the actual text.
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The big difference being that neither Japan or Germany come anywhere close to China in terms of industrial strength, have lots of internal political turmoil, and lack access to cheap energy. Hence this time it really is a farce.
1ReplyTbh, Germany and Japan are probably the strongest industrial powers after China.
They do matter still imho and need to be decoupled from the US.
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