“Japan has a few useless islands that China is trying to get by force. Abe wants the U.S. to back Japan in keeping these islands. ‘Let’s you and him fight.’ He is also concerned that North Korea keeps launching missiles. ‘Tell them to stop.’ America pays for Japan’s defense because (1) we need Japan to keep useless islands away from China, and (2) we need a port for our carriers, so that the boys can let off a little steam on shore leave. Japan encourages this so that it can keep corporate taxes low, so that Japan’s export sector can bankrupt American firms, which pay taxes to defend Japan.”
http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/02/22/lets-you-and-him-fight-japans-prime-minister-tells-obama/
Related posts:
UK downplays talk of regulating Bitcoin
With Scandals Raging At Home, Obama Discovers Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
Bitcoin ATM launched
Senate bill would offer college students the same interest rates as banks
Rap Sheets, Watchlists and Spy Networks Now At Cops' Fingertips
Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’ Set To Test Blockchain Voting
Carlyle Group Covers All Bases With a Bet on a Kennedy
Coinbase Just Debuted the First Bitcoin Debit Card in the US
Federal judge orders Secret Service to release files on Internet activist Aaron Swartz
FBI Helps Itself To 91-Year-Old Man's Basement Museum
Robocoin, The Bitcoin ATM, Is Heading To Hong Kong And Taiwan
Justice Department: ATF misplaced 420 million cigarettes in stings
New York Property Firm Offers Steep Discount For Bitcoin Payments
Evangelization vs. Copyright
Obama ordered to divulge legal basis for killing Americans with drones