"Kaz" <kaz@ivebeenframed.com> wrote in message
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> Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Lee Armitage visiting Japan said
> today as &#8221;Japan should get out from the stand and come down to
> the ground, doesn't have to be a pitcher or a catcher, but should play
> baseball". I really think we should this time in Iraq. At least as a
> outfielder or a pinch hitter. No matter whether it's a battle or not,
> our force should be sent to Iraq. And then after Iraq, we should kick
> the silly little dictator pointing nuclear missile to us out of his
> starving land. And we should save people starving, trying to get flesh
> of human.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030610/ap_on_re_as/japan_iraq_2

I guess Washington doens't care that it would violate Japan's constitution.
They're called "Self Defense Forces" for a reason.