tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28563526.post6004070288892832827..comments2023-10-12T04:36:49.284-05:00Comments on S.P.Q.A. - The Senate and People of America "America Erit in Orbe Ultima": A Good Week that Ends a Bad YearJarodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11157779744473766129noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28563526.post-39819511625773603762007-01-01T02:59:00.000-05:002007-01-01T02:59:00.000-05:00Cool a long comment, thanks again.
On Saddam, yea...Cool a long comment, thanks again.<br /><br />On Saddam, yeah the other tyrants don't have much cause to fear a repeat of Saddam's demise. However, they have seen that it can happen. Not useful at the moment, maybe it will be again in the future.<br /><br />I don't know enough about Somalia's political situation to have much of an idea about what to expect next. As far as I know Somalia is a loose clan based country that we were trying to organize into some sort of tribal confederacy. Whatever government comes next will in some way represent that so there's not much hope for good government, just not an Islamist government. Ethiopia's role would be to back the decent clans and remind the others what opposition to the new government means.<br /><br />The Wall Street Journal said they would be some sort of economic embargo of Iran by countries that trade with it (i.e. Europe). If done it would quickly collapse what economy the Iranians have and would force Ahmadinejad to make one of two moves, start the war as the aggressor or be overthrown (or give up the nuclear weapons but that isn't happening).<br /><br />I'm not sure if Japan has an explicit constitutional ban against nuclear weapons or if it falls under the general ban against offensive weapons. Japan has until now simply ignored that ban when they needed to (almost every weapon is basically "offensive"). If it needs to be changed it would be done with a vote in the Diet and then by the people. The Diet wouldn't be an issue since the ruling LDP has more than enough to get it through, I'm not sure about the Japanese people. That anyone in power in Japan sees the need for nuclear weapons is what's important, it will trickle down to the populace with time and if not there are ways around them I'm sure. <br /><br />As for the rest of the world, China in particular would oppose Japanese nuclear weapons, for the very reason Japan needs them (they limit China's power and influence in East Asia). The rest of East Asia will publicly denounce Japan but privately welcome the limiting effect on China. Iran and the left in the West will definitely use it as an argument for allowing everyone in the world to go nuclear, as always ignoring the terrible impact of their ideas and the reasons some countries can have nukes and others can't. Again, it’s not so much that Japan will or won't get nukes soon that's important, it's that Japan has moved far enough along in normalization that they are even considering ending the no-nuke policy. Most importantly is what other limiters they will get away with, small military, no power projection, small role on the world stage, etc.<br /><br />Thanks again and Happy New Years.Jarodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157779744473766129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28563526.post-2378875496468059262006-12-31T03:09:00.000-05:002006-12-31T03:09:00.000-05:00Thanks to both for the comments. I agree on every...Thanks to both for the comments. I agree on everything except Ford and GM there Phil. They brought most of their problems upon themselves by, amongst many other things, not breaking their unions and only profitably producing SUV's and trucks. Anyhow, that's a story that would deserve its own post. Thanks Orhan, glad to ehar you like the blog.Jarodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157779744473766129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28563526.post-89341098299179868522006-12-31T02:05:00.000-05:002006-12-31T02:05:00.000-05:00Awesome blog!Awesome blog!Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888125796129754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28563526.post-61445993336565724762006-12-31T01:49:00.000-05:002006-12-31T01:49:00.000-05:00Good riddance to bad rubbish I say on Saddam. That...Good riddance to bad rubbish I say on Saddam. Thats great news to hear about Ethiopia, someone out there will still take the fight the terrorists. I've given up on Iran though the story about Japan is interesting. All the money we've spent protecting them and buying their cars so they can put Ford and GM out of business its about time they do something to help us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com