Sarah Paine
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And also, they did...
They've always had a self-defense force, and they have a very competent navy.
It's called a self-defense force, but anybody else would call it a navy.
But that then fits in with what the Constitution says we're supposed to have.
But why is it a mistake to demilitarize Japan?
It's too late.
They've gutted the nationalist armies.
That was a massive strategic error on the... And part of it comes from arrogance of...
Don't denigrate the other side.
And so the Japanese thought they could... China's a failed state.
These people are hopeless.
They can't even decide what they're doing.
They got warlords everywhere.
We'll just push them around.
We'll get what we want.
And they do really well moving into Manchuria.
Manchuria is...
It's bigger than Germany and France combined.
The Japanese actually stabilize it, do lots of investment.
That's why it becomes the most industrialized part of Asia outside the home islands, more so than Shanghai.