Comments by "Miguel D Lewis" (@MiguelDLewis) on "Australia Needs to Worry About China, Not Japan!" video.

Unit 731
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That's actually quite fitting since the Lotus Sutra is so anti-black...🤔
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@videomaniac108 So the past 78 years of Japan being a US protectorate cancels out HUNDREDS of years of Japanese aggression?
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@philipwong5858 No, but my country (the US) has just been enabling China with trade. If we didn't trade with them, they would have no money or power. The US wants China to be aggressive so we can simultaneously keep East Asia divided, make money off of arms deals, and remain the dominant power in the Pacific. This is high level state-craft and East Asia is our little chess board. If not for our money and our diplomats normalizing relations with the evil communist regime, they'd still be an agrion Mecca of famine like North Korea.
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I love Japan and used to teach English and study there. But let's not pretend Pearl Harbor, the Nanking Massacre, and Unit 731 can't happen again. Nippon Kaigi is more powerful now than they've ever been and they want to bring the empire back WITH NUKES. The US could abandon Japan as easily as we abandoned Afghanistan, despite all the bases and investments we have there. And Japan just needs one more excuse, in addition to marines abusing Japanese women, to remilitarize. 🈲🈲🈲🈲🈲☢☢☢
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@No_Anime_No_Life. I usually wouldn't dignify such irrelevant comments with a response, but most blacks are Christians and don't support BLM. Look up Candace Owens, Voddie Baucham, and Jesse Lee Peterson. 🙏🏿✝🕎
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@hitomarusensha Not one time; several times over a period of 400 years.
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They never apologized. Yasakuni Shrine still stands.
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@No_Anime_No_Life. I'm not mad at Japan. I'm just stating a fact. We nuked them into submission and turned them into a giant naval base, so I have nothing against them. They serve us well.
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@No_Anime_No_Life. You're jumping to a lot of conclusions about me. I see you're a fan of Japanese animation so that explains your passion regarding this issue. Just know I have nothing against Japan and as long as they continue hosting our bases, buying our arms, and funding the United Nations, I never will.
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We in the US thought that when we allied with them during the Boxer Rebellion. We were wrong.
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@videomaniac108 That doesn't answer my question. Does the US occupation of Japan these past 78 years just erase or make up for the previous 400 years of Japanese aggression?
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@supremecaffeine2633 The Tokugawa Shogunate was a completely different government too. That didn't stop their territorial ambitions.
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@norihiro01 You obviously been ignoring history.
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@philipwong5858 I'm not concerned with what's right or wrong. I'm only concerned with what is. The US is fulfilling its role as Europe's knight and Japan and China are fulfilling their roles as controlled opposition.
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@videomaniac108 In the 'de jure' sense Japan is a sovereign nation. But the US is the 'de facto' power over Japan, since we have our bases all over the archipelago nation. We also take tribute from the nation in the form of UN contributions. It's a de facto occupation, just as it is in the Philippines, SK, Guam, etc. I'm not an ideologue so I'm not saying this is good or bad. But in the realpolitik tradition of Otto Von Bismark and Henry Kissinger, it's the fact. The US never executed any witches. Slavery is still legal in the US under the 13th Amendment. Convicts can legally be enslaved in the prison industry while serving their sentences. European Empires may not be as overt in their colonialism as they were in the past, but they still maintain colonial influence via economic warfare. For example, France controls the monetary policy of many West African nations that it invaded. This is not good or bad from a realipolitik sense but it just is. An analysis isn't necessarily a condemnation. I have nothing against NATO or its European allies and I'm personally quite grateful to have been born an American. 💰🗽🔫🦅 That being said, it's rather fitting to compare Japan to North Atlantic imperial powers. The same imperial family is still in power in Japan that was in power since winning the Boshin War. On the surface it seems they've been relegated to mere figureheads since the introduction of democracy via the US. But that becomes less likely when you add Nippon Kaigi into the conversation. PM Shinzo Abe (RIP), a member of Nippon Kaigi, amended the constitution of Japan to authorize the SDF for OVERSEAS operations. So, let me restate my question: why would a member of Nippon Kaigi, an organization with the stated goal of resurrecting the Japanese Empire, turn the Self-Defense Force into a power projection force? Is it probable that the CCP, despite its lies, tyranny, and ethnic cleansing, might have a valid point about Japan's current and past overseas ambitions?
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There's some truth to what he says. Nippon Kaigi wants to resurrect the Japanese Empire. NATO Allies tend to have a rather naive view of Japan. Let's not forget, the US had to nuke them TWICE in order to subdue them. The way Biden abandoned our allies in Afghanistan, as well as CCP aggression, is only legitimatizing the militaristic goals of Nippon Kaigi.
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