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...conservative himself, Koizumi has been crucial to the change in mood. Upon taking office in 2001, he embarked on a campaign to build Japan's political, diplomatic and military influence to a level that would match its economic might. In the first Gulf War, Japan sent only money to protect its oil interests. In 2003, however, Koizumi became one of the U.S.'s few staunch supporters in the campaign to oust Saddam Hussein, and put (admittedly noncombatant) boots on the ground in 2004 to support the Iraq reconstruction effort. More recently, Japan has (to the consternation of the U.S.) reached...
...ominous black trucks blaring military marches through the streets of Tokyo. Rather, this new political force consists of young, well-educated, eloquent and media-savvy lawmakers who insist that Japan must become a "normal country" with a fully functioning military and a willingness to take a hard line to protect its interests?a message that has become increasingly popular with a public frustrated by the prospect of a decline in Japan's global stature. Almost without exception, these neocons consider World War II to be ancient history, an event for which they bear no direct responsibility or guilt. "I think...
...President Bush's hypocrisy has hit a new high. Here is a man posturing about the right to life and the need to protect the weak while at the same time avidly supporting the death penalty. Phil Wilde Cardiff, Wales...
...column "A New Idea for Democrats: Democracy" [April 11], Joe Klein described the right of the Senate minority to filibuster as "a matter of process rather than substance, a pinhead of a principle most civilians find difficult to understand." I was appalled by that statement because protection of minority rights is at the heart of the U.S. Constitution, purposely put there by the Founding Fathers. I am not too stupid to see the danger of one-party rule, regardless of the party. It's ironic that the U.S. is trying to protect minority rights in the new Iraqi government while...
Klein's call for democrats to "embrace democracy" ignores the historical need for the Judicial Branch to protect minority rights. Our Constitution lays out a clear guideline that has been clouded over the years by prejudice. Klein cites the civil rights movement as a time when federal courts played a key role in integrating public schools. Yet he goes on to say the "courts soon wandered into unlegislated gray areas," and he touts "popular constitutionalism," an oxymoron if I ever heard one. Americans of all stripes deserve equal treatment, irrespective of polling data...