Thandava – IV – Theological Geography

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The U.S. Army’s Pacific Pathways and DOD’s Air-Sea Battle Doctrine

I think the Pacific Pathways concept is an effort, quite appropriate and necessary, for the U.S. Army to reacquire its foundational role in national defense (1) across the entire Pacific, (2) fully along the U.S. Western Defense Littoral and (3) not only along salients into the Pacific. The U.S. Army is the base of U.S. National Defense. Because of the primacy of land in peace and war, the Army roots the Full Spectrum Force. Civilian populations live first on land, not on water and in air. Nations define themselves first by land, not by water or air. This puts civilian populations and nations under primary stewardship of land-based power: their Army. The Pacific Pathways concept will broaden and deepen over time and usage, as is to be expected and, therefore, desired.

It’s about power, not religion

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Rubes self-identifying

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The limits of military obligations

Ukraine

Multinationals and the US COC subvert freedom

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Camille Paglia and here and here and here

Saud and 11SEP01, and here

Japan and China, and here, and here, and here, and here.

The article in the second link is from 2007. But generally realistic. The Western-like character of Japan was noted by St. Francis Xavier long, long ago upon his visit there.

BS Alert: Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution does NOT support pacifism. No nation does, can or will. MacArthur had no such intention and did not make them have such. Article 9 renounces the right of aggressive warfare, not of war per se. That was possible only under US protection. As US protection has been pulled away, particularly since 2009, Japan has every right to gird for both offensive and defensive war, just as USA does. Cooling off a belligerent military is standard practice of a victorious power. That’s what Article 9 does. MacArthur discusses the matter in detail in Reminiscences. There never was any intention – except from the Soviet – to deny Japan the right of self defense. Pacifism is a infatuated stupidity of those whose ultimate concern is a balmy utopia, meaning literally, no place. The real-world consequences of their pacifism are chaos and, ultimately, genocide.

I’d say Japan is increasing military and conceptual backbone not to counter China but because USA is pulling away and giving Chinese world-pollution opportunity to bully. US isn’t there to protect them. Europe is facing the same situation. And par excellence so are the Arab Monarchies, though for them I have no sympathy, which I do have for Japan.

Regarding the third link, so it took them 6 years to establish the JNSC after it was first discussed, per 2007 link above. Again, the misunderstanding that Article 9 makes Japan “a pacifist country.” That is wishful thinking and BS. You gotta love the Chinese for their unsubtle blend of “news” and propaganda. USA “news outlets,” agencies and others exhibit more subtlety doing that. For example:

The NSC will enable an institutional guarantee for Japan to work out a comprehensive national security strategy. But the criterion to evaluate the council’s effectiveness is whether it can make rational security and diplomatic decisions, which can really enhance Japan’s national interests.

Yeah, as if China is interested in Japan’s national interests. As I say, unsubtle, crude propaganda, too obviously so. Characteristic of world-polluters. When your enemy makes unctuous noises about your welfare, you know you’re in a comedy night club run by a hit team.

And as a powerful think tank, the NSC will play a commanding, and devastating role in Japan’s decision-making process and future strategic model.

So they’re afraid of think tanks. They should be. Everything starts with a thought. Everything! If the thought is rational, it will concretize. If not, it will merely perturb. Chinese cannot think rationally. They think selfishly and obdurately.

Regarding the fourth link, the Chinese are feeling vulnerable? They don’t want the Japanese to be able to think systematically about policy. With all their supposed military prowess, missile swarms, etc. that doesn’t add up, does it? At least not at the moment(?). Their obdurate self-centeredness makes them vulnerable.

Regarding the fifth link, good, they’re hashing it out, as they should be doing. Typical necessity for any society and government, particularly a representative/republican type such as Japan is. They have a General Staff, so an NSC is logical. Eisenhower thought so. They’re a sovereign nation, willing to protect their land, as is proper. I do not see Japan becoming imperialistic again, not as far ahead as I can see. China yes, Japan no. Japan is too tied in now to the multi-national system for that to be effective much less possible for her. She and everyone else learned that lesson already about her place in the community of nations. China, however, is a cesspool of narcissistic insanity, which is why it appeals for decades to anarchists/criminals/chaotics everywhere.

Now, if Japan’s government were suddenly to go dictatorial, scrap the republican/parliamentary Constitution, then, yes, she could go imperialistic, but she’d have her butt kicked again. And I suspect the internals disfavor going dictatorial. Again, too tied-in globally and not irrational at root in general, as are the Chinese. Being a Western-type society for centuries, and Western-oriented for over a century, Japan has internal rational-checks sufficient, I think, to prevent dictatorship there. Remember, the Imperial Japanese Navy was against war with the USA and effectively lost the war for Japan by choking up at Pearl Harbor and Leyte Gulf.

The Chinese, on the other hand, lack internal rational-checks, as shown by the pictures of their smog. Only insane people would do that. And this late in the day, when everyone else has cleaned up – largely by doing the dirty stuff in China. But there are always ways to stop that anywhere, or can be made ways. Businesses to be made containing and recycling industrial waste. Pollution is not a necessity of industry. It is a scoundrel’s trail.

Update: Japan at Davos 2014.

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Financial Terrorism, and here, and here, and here

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More Vatican Liberation Theology (also here)