In Japan and South Korea there is deepening concern over the reliability of long-time American security guarantees – whether the U.S. will come to their aid in the event of a war. This has been turbo-charged by Donald Trump’s tough treatment of traditional U.S. allies, which has some in Tokyo and Seoul calling for a reassessment of their non-nuclear policies.

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      18 days ago

      I’ve been saying that since 2008 as a teen but man was that an unpopular opinion. We’re a very naive country imo.

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      18 days ago

      I wish but… Do you think they won’t invade us at the whiff of nuclear armament?

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        18 days ago

        I don’t trust them not to invade us without that protection, anyways.

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        18 days ago

        Building nukes is like unionizing; ideally you don’t go public until you already have your nukes/union

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          Gonna be tough to hide when all our computer systems run on Microsoft, Google, or Amazon platforms.