Abe's tenure as Prime Minister of Japan. Notice that Abe considers Donald Trump an ally, but China and the DPRK threats. I really think international politics is a lot easier to understand if you just cut the Gordian knot and look at things as they are. The USA and Japan are capitalist; the DPRK and China are Communist. One can defend the former and denounce the latter all they please, but there's no objective position from which to do so. Ideology is always present in such distinctions.
An overwhelming majority of Okinawans intend to reject Tokyo's and Washington's plans for a US base in their prefecture. Considering how close the Brexit referendum was and all that resulted from it, I wonder how democratic this outcome will be.
If this situation were to follow the mujahideen example, then the US' weapons will be passed along to the PKK, who will continue their needling of Turkey, which will drive a wedge between Turkey and the US. I'm not predicting that outright; it's just a very familiar pattern. Also interesting that Assad and the YPG seem to be building a coalition based on mutual distrust of the US.
Keeping in mind for future travels: India's first Bollywood museum.
No comments:
Post a Comment