Japan ex-minister urges nuclear weapon debate (wants Japan to get nukes)

[Coventina]

Source: AFP

TOKYO (AFP) — A former Japanese finance minister who resigned after appearing drunk at a press conference said Japan should discuss getting nuclear weapons to deter North Korean threats, media reported Monday.

"It is common sense worldwide that in a purely military sense it is nuclear that can counteract nuclear," conservative lawmaker Shoichi Nakagawa was quoted as saying by Kyodo News in a speech in his constituency.

The remark came after North Korea said it would resume its nuclear programme to protest a UN statement that condemned its satellite rocket launch this month, which Tokyo regarded as a long-range ballistic missile test.

The hawkish Japanese politician said he believed North Korea already possessed small nuclear warheads and the medium-range Rodong missiles to deliver them to almost any part of Japan, Kyodo said.



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[shadowknows69]

1. How about no. How about we start getting rid of the fucking things

Clear out the waeponry and plant trees in silos or something. Does our species even want to survive anymore?

[Art_from_Ark]

2. This guy has a reputation for being like the Lee Marvin character

in Cat Ballou. I don't think think too many people are waiting eagerly for his pronouncements.