Thursday February 16, 2012

The Japanese need only to look in the mirror to see the real threat to the alliance and to Japanese economic vitality. Tokyo's policy dysfunctions are going to rankle, whatever administration comes to power in Washington.

Richard Samuels, a political science professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an expert in Japan security policies, talking about the U.S.-Japan alliance (Reuters).

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    Area66

    Does he notice we (I am in the USA) should take the same advice? No, probably not, we have sane, solid, sound, policies, and always have had. We don't need no stinkin' mirror --we are perfect, just ask anyone. Well anyone inside the beltway (inner circle in Washington, DC).

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