ASDF plane took evasive action after Chinese fighter’s threatening move: ex-commander

[grey boy 2]

http://military.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0707/c1011-28534085.html

 

[Jlaw]

If the general public doesn't want to be militaristic, it's very difficult for the higher ups to force them to become militaristic. What if they just call it quits midway through a war?

You can always make the general populace hate the enemy. Not hard to do through sabotage and propaganda. It's been done time and time throughout history. US is doing a great job making the general populace hating China.

 

[21stCentury]

'JapanTimes' is New York Times ; they have no independent media, it's all American narrative.

 

[S10]

Maybe Japan shouldn't try to provoke a response if they couldn't handle it.

 

[siegecrossbow]

You can always make the general populace hate the enemy. Not hard to do through sabotage and propaganda. It's been done time and time ago throughout history. US is doing a great job making the general populace hating China.

Making them hate the enemy doesn't necessarily mean that they are willing to go to war and die. This isn't pre-WWII Japan any more. If the young people in Japan aren't willing to plug the reactor at Fukishima, what makes you think that they'll be willing to die for a war over a stupid rock?