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Italy, Japan sign agreement on defense cooperation

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Just a nonsense agreement to satisfy the pathetic geopolitical whims of good old US.

Puppets..

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Someone made a comment about WW2, good.

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Really promising news.

Japan and Italy have a strong history of military co-operation, dating from WW2. So this alliance is a pretty logical fit between two very similar nations of famously passionate, freedom-loving people.

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リッチToday 07:17 am JST

the government is spending more and more with the west on weapons that they will never use.

This isn't a weapons deal: it's a cross-service agreement.

And I hope the weapons that are made are never used. That means their deterrence effect was sufficient to prevent a devastating, actual war.

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there was coalition in history like some say 8plus decades ago and history knows how all have ended...

as someone wrote above...govs are wasting taxes for ....nothing

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I'm British, which means I have to Insert the joke about the Italian tank with six gears, five in reverse and one in forward in case they get attacked from behind.

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One in Mediterranean, one in pacific, that's really relevant for Japan defense.

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While the people are poorer and poorer the government is spending more and more with the west on weapons that they will never use.

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