Comment on Chinese General Demands “Return” of Okinawa by Anonymous:

@17:07 Anon

You’re forgetting about the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, which was renewed as late as I think it was 2010 and will be in effect until 2020.

Granted both sides have the option of revoking it, but there’s a 1y notice requirement for that.

As it’s a signed and ratified treaty, it’s considered the Law of the Land, and ignoring it would leave a President open to impeachment, which considering the current political climate in the US is a very real worry. And no President is going to commit political suicide over something like this.

In addition, considering their tech level, it’s estimated that Japan could be a fully capable nuclear power within a 2y timeframe.

So even with the revoking of the treaty, they’d still need to hold out for 1y, if they hadn’t already started a switchover prior to the revocation and done their work in secret.

And that’s probably a scenario that the US would encourage and assist in, if they did have to pull out.

So the whole idea of the US just going: “Screw it, we’re going home” and ignoring their treaty obligations. Just isn’t feasible.

It might be what the Chinese want to see happen, but the political situation in the US has to be taken into consideration as well. And that pretty much precludes such an event from occurring.


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