Regarding Craig Martin’s June 6 article, “LDP’s dangerous proposals for amending antiwar article“: Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution has never protected anyone. There are plenty of people who go on about how important Article 9 is, but I think these people are either lying or willfully ignorant.
Article 9 is a piece of paper. Nothing else. It didn’t protect Japan from the Cold War, it is not the reason Japan has not been invaded, and it will not protect Japan from terrorists and fascists. Two things have protected Japan in past decades and continue to do so:
Japan’s military (I use this term on purpose)
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