03-18-2008, 02:34 PM
If the United States pulled out of Japan....
1. North Korea would attack South Korea.
2. China could effectively blockade Japan into submission.
Japan is a key strategic point in the Pacific rim in order to keep the North Pacific stable. The Japanese understand the seriousness of their position, if they didn't they wouldn't have allowed the USS Washington to be based in Yokosuka.
USN Japan 1985 - 1997, best years of my life.
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