Things that Make One Shake One's head department item
If the world TRULY wanted to win the war against terror, it would absolutely, positively end nuclear proliferation and take every step necessary to abolish nuclear (poison) stockpiling. The politicization of war in the so-called "free world" is fraught with excess and coverup.
The Sibel Edmonds "revelations" that nuclear material could fall into the hands of Al Qaeada show without any doubt that criminalizing trafficking of nuclear materials should be declared a WAR CRIME.
With today's climate of paranoia and distrust, it is difficult to work out solutions of any kind -- personal, social or political -- but on the international stage to watch again the energetic efforts of nations to pursue furtherance of the so-called "war on terror" when so much else remains to be done to further peaceful purposes boggles the imagination of any sane person. The press, which provides a so-called "neutral" stance is as much to blame for the heightened waste of resources continues on as the head cheerleader for war on a daily basis. With the current politicization of academia, academics are no true friend of sanity either.
Hiding behind steel edifices and armaments, those in control of nuclear material, continue on their bullying course, acting as those who are nuclear free are the real "terrorists".
Megaterrorism grows out of the US policy "gun" ..
Fakuta's political move is a slap in the face to those Japanese who have resolutely strove to end the nuclear terror and the proliferation of war and perhaps this will destroy his national "consensus".
Japan has a crisis on its hands since the leakage of nuclear fuel following a devasting earthquake. The largest concentration of nuclear energy plants rests in Japan. Rather than focus on solutions to its true energy crisis (and this latest "development" comes on the heels of the failure to produce natural gas at Sakhalin-2 on a 'timely" basis which might have lessened Japan's nuclear dependency), the politicization of terror has taken this short-term, politically-self serving turn. The real fear is what could happen to Japan if it does not move to long-term energy solutions and sustainability.
One can only hope that Japan comes to its senses (the Senate totally disapproved this measure) and strikes out to build an independent political agenda rather than cave into the BuZh administration's energy (fraud) squad some time very soon. Involving itself in unproductive and terrifying American wars is no solution to Japan's pressing demands.
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NORIMITSU ONISHI Published: January 12, 2008
TOKYO — The Japanese government on Friday pushed through a special law authorizing its navy to resume a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean as part of the American-led military effort in Afghanistan.
In an extremely rare parliamentary move, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda’s governing Liberal Democratic Party used its two-thirds majority in Parliament’s lower house to override a rejection of the law by the opposition-controlled upper house, an action not taken since 1951.
The refueling mission, which was suspended in November after the opposition Democratic Party gained power in the upper house last summer, is expected to resume by the end of the month.
“That our country can participate again in the ‘war against terror’ truly has great significance,” Mr. Fukuda said in a statement.
A Japanese refueling vessel and a destroyer had operated in the Indian Ocean since 2001, supplying 132 million gallons of fuel to warships from the United States, Britain, Pakistan and other countries. Though the mission was not considered militarily significant, it carried political significance for a country whose military activities are severely curtailed by its pacifist Constitution.
The Democratic Party said it would endorse only missions led by the United Nations and said the Liberal Democrats were slavishly following the United States.
In forcing through the legislation, Mr. Fukuda, who took over the leadership from former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September, risks a backlash from a public that is divided over the mission. The public remains much more concerned about the economy and other issues.
J. Thomas Schieffer, the United States ambassador to Japan, immediately issued a statement welcoming the law.
Mr. Fukuda’s approval ratings have fallen into the 30s because he has been unable to pass other legislation in Parliament since taking over as prime minister.
The Democratic Party, whose approval ratings have surpassed the governing party’s in recent polls, is expected to press with renewed vigor for a dissolution of the lower house of Parliament and a general election.
Yukio Hatoyama, the opposition party’s secretary general, said his party enjoyed a greater popular mandate because it had won in the upper house election last summer.
“The bill that was rejected by the upper house, based on the people’s will, should have been abandoned,” Mr. Hatoyama said, condemning the override.
Mr. Fukuda does not have to call a general election until the fall of 2009. But with the impasse in Parliament, he will probably be forced to do so and seek a popular mandate later this year.
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