... you might think it a good thing that a country has a pacifist constitution, that their laws proscribe against the developing of offensive capabilities - I imagine those who write poetry for peace and drink tea for peace and brood or well with tears for peace, I imagine such would get all giddy over such a thing - but, ya know, when a country makes itself so nervous that it has to write that fear into their constitution, well, isn't that a bit... off putting?
Apparently not if they're on your team - this time anyway. And so as Japan slowly unravels aforementioned constitutional limitations on use of force we find there are so many things once thought intolerable that end up being somewhat tolerable after all. You simply can't trust people...
