We already do this. The company I work for is actively selling military hardware to Japan (among many other countries) that is about 90% as capable as the US versions
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Money well spent, these days.
Imho, it makes the China military threat against Taiwan laughable fearmongering.
Itās all good. Iām trying to understand this situation more lately. I came across this today and I want to finish it.
Does this imply Russia is constantly seeking to attack any country and that Russia is run by maniacs?
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Is Russia seeking to attack any country?
Not for the sake of it. It definitely wants the nations of the old USSR to be under its influence to a large degree. And if those nations donāt agree, then it has no problem using force, as itās done many times since the end of WW2.
If a nation joins NATO, not only does the U.S. end up with more cultural and economic influence there, but Russia can never think about using force in that country again. I can see why they view the former Eastern bloc joining NATO as a massive loss, because it is. But once again, those countries asked to join us, whereas the only way Russia could make them join it was by using military force.
It should be pretty obvious why considering how free and prosperous the West was during the Cold War compared to the Eastern bloc.
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The USAF also maintains a presence in Japan at the joint Misawa Air base.
Got it.
I feel bad for any society this happens to, especially its men, which might be obvious from my other posts in off-topic and PWI.
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Thatās the thing - itās not US defense budget. Itās Japans. Most foreign military sales contracts must be paid entirely up front (Saudi Arabia had to pay for all of their F-15s years before they were delivered).
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A little off-topic butā¦
Thanks to my grandpa and everyone else who fought in the Pacific Theater of WWII, the odds of Japan becoming a hostile adversary to us are precisely zero and will be for at least a few more generations.
I fully support the notion of Japanese re-armament and limited technology sharing. I particularly like their new totally-not-an-aircraft-carrier thatās in strict compliance with treaty limitations and can definitely operate F-35Bās.
A more modern, more capable Japanese military may be the single best overseas ally the USA could hope to have to prevent a real big fight from ever going down.
To paraphrase a Dan Carlin podcastā¦
āThe Japanese are just like everyone else, only more so.ā
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You do know that when an entire country becomes subjugated, the men are too, right?
Like, it doesnāt turn into a mens club all of the sudden and only suck for the people one thinks it should. In fact, historically any men with a spine are either put to work until its broken or shot in the process of subjugation.
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As the son of immigrants and as someone who has lived in other countries for months at a time, Iām a shameless Western culture supremacist. So Iām 100% down for our culture spreading, especially since the people in other nations are choosing to take part in our values.
100% agreed. People make fun of āNPCs,ā āI support the current thing,ā and conformity here, but they should see how insane all that is in the 3rd world. The 1st world is by far the best place for individual rights, though we still have a long way to go.
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I just find it laughable to low key root for a dictator.
Like if Ukraine ultimately loses to Putin and Russia theyāllbe like "Oh well. Back to *starving, freezing to death, being put in prison labor camps until dead and whole villiages being murdered for seeing a newspaper. But at least we donāt have to tollerate that instagram bullshit! Yeah! 
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This isnāt directed to anyone in this thread (since I only skimmed it), but the fact that there is a sizeable minority of Americans rooting for Putin is terrifying. And whatās hilarious is that itās both hardcore leftists and righties. Russia is a genius at pandering to both. The UAE and Middle East in general are getting better at pandering to Americans online too.
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I suppose youāre referring to when countries are occupied. In many cases when that has happened what you say is true. Iāve educated myself on what the Soviets did to
people. Much of that was what horror movies are made out of, and Iām sure some or most here are aware of those stories. I donāt even know how people could bring themselves to treat others like that.
Iām not fond of Russia invading anyone or Ukraine being Russified. And as I said before, there are wiseasses who actually think Ukraine is a āfake countryā.
@startingagain well I guess Iām a Western Culture supremacist too, but I donāt consider current culture Western.
I donāt do that. Nor do Iām make fun of ānormiesā.
PS: my mom was born in a third-world country, what people call a āshit holeā. Thereās not a wonder her family took her here.
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my mom was born in a third-world country, what people call a āshit hole
Where? Iām curious now haha.
well I guess Iām a Western Culture supremacist too, but I donāt consider current culture Western.
What donāt you consider Western about current U.S. culture?
Cuba. Some consider it second world, some third. Iām not sure what exactly it was back then.
Iām gonna try to answer this tomorrow. Itās getting late here.
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Is there? I canāt think of any off the top of my head, but itās certainly possible.
Personally, I root for the U.S. not being involved. And not having to ever see an article about, or picture of, Zelensky again.
I do strongly believe that any political body that wishes to break away from another should be permitted to do so. The government in Washington, D.C. is a terrible model for handling such situations.
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Is there? I canāt think of any off the top of my head, but itās certainly possible.
They can be found in Twitter, especially if you end up too far right or too far left. A lot of communist/hardcore socdem leftists hate the U.S. and capitalism. And a lot of legitimate alt-right guys hate modern ādegenerateā U.S. culture and want a return to ātradition.ā So both root for Russia since it portrays itself as the alternative to U.S. ādegeneracyā and simultainously the inheritor to the USSR.
Looking forward to it!
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This must be why I have no knowledge of themā¦
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What would happen if those ātraditionalā Russian fanboys got acquainted with the ātraditionalā culture of gay anal rape and forced prostitution in the Russian Army?
Honestly I think the nazi/commie//incel/islamic nexus will be a problem in the years to come when disaffected Western incels groomed by loneliness, contrarianism and porn discover all those virgins awaiting them if they blow themselves up.
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I havenāt forgotten to respond. Iām very busy today.
When I do later today or during the week, should I respond here, or in the Andrew Tate thread considering itās a relatively new thread about our culture, of which Tate is a symptom? I donāt want to derail this thread.
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