The last time they went to war was with Vietnam which they lost.
You can also already see how the Ukraine war will be put entirely as Ukraine's own fault and incompetence, despite the western super weapons, despite the western training, despite the west literaly helping Ukraine plan their offensive.
They'll take absolutely none of the blame or responsibility for the inevitable massacre by Russia let alone the ongoing massive Ukrainian losses, "to the last Ukrainian" yadayada.
The inevitable crushing defeat against China? Pick one.
"Ah if only those stupid Taiwanese knew how to fly F-35s"
"If only those stupid Japanese actually built an army instead of spending half their time protesting against our brave men!"
"Oh well if only Australians knew how to fight something besides a kangoroo maybe"
"If only those stupid Japanese actually built an army
I'm against Japan having a military in general, but it's worth noting that they are forbidden from having one which is why they have the SDF. Also, there's nonzero overlap between those protesting US occupation and those who want Japan to have a real military, as the presence of one and absence of the other are closely connected.
You can also already see how the Ukraine war will be put entirely as Ukraine's own fault and incompetence, despite the western super weapons, despite the western training, despite the west literaly helping Ukraine plan their offensive.
They'll take absolutely none of the blame or responsibility for the inevitable massacre by Russia let alone the ongoing massive Ukrainian losses, "to the last Ukrainian" yadayada.
The inevitable crushing defeat against China? Pick one.
"Ah if only those stupid Taiwanese knew how to fly F-35s"
"If only those stupid Japanese actually built an army instead of spending half their time protesting against our brave men!"
"Oh well if only Australians knew how to fight something besides a kangoroo maybe"
Well, they did try fighting emus. It didn't go well.
I'm against Japan having a military in general, but it's worth noting that they are forbidden from having one which is why they have the SDF. Also, there's nonzero overlap between those protesting US occupation and those who want Japan to have a real military, as the presence of one and absence of the other are closely connected.