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What the west means and what roles NATO plays therein | 84 comments (84 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: What the west means and what roles NATO plays (none / 1)

Isn't Japan part of the west?

No.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Fri Sep 28th, 2007 at 12:22:19 PM EST
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Re: What the west means and what roles NATO plays (none / 1)

Why not?

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.

by generic on Fri Sep 28th, 2007 at 12:29:21 PM EST
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"Why not? " (none / 0)

You have to ask?

Language.
History.
Culture.
Geography.

All not West.

The Fates are kind.

by Gaianne on Mon Oct 1st, 2007 at 11:02:09 PM EST
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Re: "Why not? " (none / 1)

However, Japan has been a client state of the US of A for the last 60 years, not to speak of the massive Western influences of the Meiji Restoration which immediately followed Commodore Perry's "Opening of Japan" by "Gunboat Diplomacy".

We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Oct 2nd, 2007 at 02:53:56 AM EST
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