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Abe urges opposition to step up Diet debate on Constitution reform

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"It's irresponsible to tell Self-Defense Forces personnel to risk their lives in emergencies while (their existence) may be unconstitutional,", Abe, stop fooling Japanese people again. It is irresponsible to send SDF anywhere outside of Japan, constitutionally changed or not. If your want fight, send yourself.

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"It's the responsibility of our generation to eliminate room for debate on the matter," Abe said. Lied again, Abe. Your just said a few days ago that your want to change the constitution because it was written by occupation power.

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If Abe thinks the SDF might be unconstitutional why doesn't he ask the Supreme Court to rule on the matter? The court will rule that the SDF is consitutional and Abe can relax and forget about his amendments.

The truth is, Abe is not concerned about the constitutionality of the SDF: he ignores the constitution when it suits him. Abe wants to conscript the youth into the SDF and send them off to die in foreign dumps. That's the real reason he is pushing for change. I hope the people can see through Abe's lies and deception and say "no".

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If he really wants to change the Constitution the first Target should be to attack the United States of America for firebombing Tokyo and using nuclear weapons against civilians in Nagasaki and Hiroshima

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Good, lets get this ball rolling! Its about time that this was changed to reflect the global situation going on around Japan at the moment.

The SDF, for all intents and purposes IS a military organisation. What difference does it make if you call them an Army, Navy or Airforce? They exist, get over it! Just call them what they are and be done with it!

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