Like Mexico, Colombia was praised by the administration as much for the drug-war potential of its president, Andres Pastrana, as its actual progress in controlling narcotics.
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The tentative agreement as reported to me is such that it violates, both in spirit and in form, the Allies'pledges to root out Nazism and the German war potential . . ..
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The document set two main objectives for the occupation : ( 1 ) eliminating Japan's war potential and ( 2 ) turning Japan into a western-style nation with pro-American orientation.
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Japan's constitution, written by U . S . occupation officials after the war, explicitly prohibits the maintenance of " land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential ."
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Ironically, the main sticking point is Article 9, which promises to " forever renounce war " and never to maintain " land, sea and air forces as well as other war potential ."
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Article 9 of Japan's constitution, imposed by the U . S . after the Second World War, prohibits the maintenance of " land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential ."
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I would die of shock if he were to take the legal stand that the SDF represents the war potential mentioned in the second half of Article 9, since the interpretation has been established that the SDF does not fit that description.
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As mentioned in our Japan Self-Defense Forces and Military history of Japan, the Japanese constitution says they will not maintain'war potential'and have given up on the threat or use of force or war to settle disputes.
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Wherry and his men argued that it would be " a wasteful " operation rat-hole "; that it made no sense to oppose communism by supporting the socialist governments in Western Europe; and that American goods would reach Russia and increase its war potential.
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12px "'November 1 "': A Combined Bomber Offensive progress report estimates that 19 / 19 / 9 German towns & cities have been virtually destroyed / severely damaged / more effectively damagedanother report claims 10 % of German war potential had been destroyed
