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Message: [QUOTE="bornwithabeard, post: 743109, member: 63309"] When you consider how difficult it seems to be for the UN security council to reach agreements, it is a wonder that something like Article 9 has lasted so long. When countries like the USA can "justify" going to war with Iraq when Iraq's own neighbour's didn't feel an imminent threat (which is a similar situation to the one you are describing regarding Japan) Now the Chinese may be able to justify war.The article is written from a realist perspective and I do think that even if Abe had not chosen to "reinterpret" the article, it would have happened sooner or later. It seems very undemocratic considering the outcries that have occurred in Japan regarding this. [/QUOTE]