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World War II isn't over yet. (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Mar 2022
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NCjack
(10,279 posts)1. If Japan adopts the logic Russia is using to take Ukraine, Japan should seize the islands now.
brush
(53,794 posts)2. The chain extens from the Russian penisula to japan's...
upper Island. It seems the logical thing to do is to divide the chain midway, half to Japan and half to Russia.
James48
(4,437 posts)3. Japan should sign a peace treaty WITH UKraine
And state that it recognizes Ukraine rather than Russia as the successor to the Soviet Union. As such, Japan should let the United Nations know it is now at peace officially. That would also tick off Putin!
LudwigPastorius
(9,156 posts)4. "World War II isn't over yet."
(Sorry. Just trying to inject a little levity into a grim subject - mankind's eternal quest to kill the tribe next door.)
IronLionZion
(45,467 posts)5. Time to sell Florida back to Spain and save Social Security and Medicare
Maybe Mexico would like Texas back? Louisiana uses Napoleonic law anyway so it should be an easy transition back to France.
Losers in WWII lost plenty of territory. Germany isn't trying to get back historic Koenigsburg from Russia but it would be interesting if they did try to take the headquarters of Russia's Baltic fleet.
TygrBright
(20,763 posts)6. It's almost inexplicable that P* would deliberately provoke Japan. n/t