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Originally posted by SaviorComplex
This is nothing but a thought-exercise. It is not the aliens that Shigeru Ishiba is worried about. It's Japan's neighbors to the West that concern them.
Originally posted by indierockalien
Not that they do, obviously! But Americans are dumb, so I wouldn't be surprised that Americans would read that and go "Yeah and dur duh dur duh dur Godzilla, hur hur hur!"
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Originally posted by indierockalien
Not that they do, obviously! But Americans are dumb, so I wouldn't be surprised that Americans would read that and go "Yeah and dur duh dur duh dur Godzilla, hur hur hur!"
What in the world are you talking about?
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Often, when governments engage in these thought-exercises, they will use a mock name or figure in place of a real country or leader's name. For instance, in preparing to invade Cuba during the Missile Crisis, US Marines training exercises involved them invading a mock Carribean nation and remove it's leader "Ortsac" (Castro backwards).
In the case of Minister Ishiba, he is using alien invasion as a code-name for China and the DPRK. The same concerns he expressed about a "preventable attack" also apply to China and North Korea. Do you think Japan is more worried about aliens, or about Kim Jong-il launching a nuclear missile?
Originally posted by nwomi
nice good work, i think they are the only nation taking the issue into consideration of a possibility
Mr Ishiba said he was examining different scenarios for an ... "The government has not confirmed the existence of 'unidentified flying objects...