Japan May Strike First
Japan is ready to launch a pre-emptive strike on North Korea if it believes it will launch missiles against it. Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba says, “It is too late if [a missile] flies towards Japan. Our nation will use military force as a self-defense measure if [North Korea] starts to resort to arms against Japan.” Since Japan?s postwar constitution forbids military aggression, they would only attack North Korea in self-defense, using the same logic that underlies our possible attack on Iraq.
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