Asia First

Day 776, 16:21 Published in Japan USA by Dokomo


These are the words that I define my foreign relations outlook. Our strategic alliances are good, and we are right to defend nations in other areas of the world, but Asia more than any other place holds a special spot in my heart. Why?

The other nations in Asia; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, China, Phillipines, Australia and Japan share much in common. For the most part we are small to medium nations who have been shoved around a lot. Some have been occupied, some have been threatened, but we all know that being big leads to big mistakes.

Through the past 2 months I have tried to ensure that Japan acted in the interests of Asia. We should be proud for committing our resources to the defense of Malaysia. We should be proud of standing up to the US in Kyushu and settling things our way. We should be proud for taking a stand to free India and China. But none of that matters unless we STAY proud and continue to think of Asia as a whole.

To that end, we need to not only rejoin Sol but bring the member nations in tighter to bind us in a unity of purpose, the mutual defense and common history we share. This is the major goal I want to work for if re-elected. There are still things to be done in the world, China is not fully free yet. Once it is, the United States must amicably resolve it's position in Asia, hopefully leaving all together. The Korean problem also must be resolved both North and South. With the nations of Sol acting together I think Asia can deal with these problems on it's own though, without the interventions of the US, Hungary, or Serbia.

But these challenges won't be met by armed neutrality. We have to work with other nations and we have to take stands to see our ideals realized. It takes more than a desire to see Japan safe, but to see us in a safe environment. As the first Hungarian President Lajos Kossuth said “Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness”. Japan will only be strong by a strong belief in our ideals, our friends, and our people. It will take guts.

GUTS DAZE!

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