Regarding the Aug. 16 article "Aso expresses war remorse; 'never again'": Such naivete is fascinating to watch. Japan will never wage war? What if Japan is attacked? Are all the pacifists just going to sit back? Is that the solution? Lasting world peace? A foolish idea. Oh, it sounds great, but how?
There are ideologies on this planet that are outright fascist, but pacifists are driven by the suicidal idea of respecting everything and being tolerant toward everything. Lasting world peace can only be achieved once the fascist ideologies are destroyed. What if al-Qaida attacked a Japanese school, killing dozens of children? That can't happen? Oh, it can. The Japanese are "infidels," and killing infidels is not a sin. Being an "infidel" is the biggest sin under Islam. In jihad everything is allowed.
Say this happened. Would the pacifists still go on about their Japan-will-never-wage-war-again nonsense? Pacifism has never stopped fascism. Not once. History proves that clearly. The Romans were ultimately right: "Si vis pacem para bellum (If you wish for peace, prepare for war)."