It was also almost ten years after T2K kicks off - almost another generation after WWII and even more time for public opinion to change.
Even now in 2012 the Japanese I know are shocked at just the idea of armed troops serving outside Japan. It just doesn't sit right for Japanese troops to fight in Korea for any reason.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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