Article 9
(1) Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
(2) In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of aggression of the state will not be recognized."
I wish my country had a clause like that first one. Since this part of the Japanese constitution was drafted by Americans, it sort of stands out that war is described as "a sovereign right of the nation". Agression is likewise described as a right. That phrasing, even in the revocation of such rights seems to suggest that America reserves that right.
America is starting to feel more and more like a skeleton in my closet.
No comments:
Post a Comment