The 2-Belo wrote:

> I wonder why no one ever considers what the US would think of Japan repealing
> Article IX completely. I have a small hunch there are a great number of people
> in the US government who would soundly applaud it.

That may be, but some of the citizens would not. Whenever I hear of 
Japanese ships wandering the globe with armed Japanese soldiers on them, 
I tremble a little.

KWW