Japan's self-defense force boasts one of the world's largest military budgets, but is limited to defense by the constitution's Article 9, which says, " The Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation, " and " land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained ."
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Chief of the Operations Staff for the OKW, Colonel-General Alfred Jodl submitted the report to Hitler as commanded, but Hitler became irate when the estimates were given to him, reflecting back sardonically on earlier calculations made by General Thomas who " rated the Soviet war potential as high . " As a result of the negative assessment about the campaign's future in the East, Hitler forbade any more war studies by the OKW . From what the sources indicate, General Thomas tried unsuccessfully on several occasions to bring the German General Staff and Hitler back to reality about their long-term prospects for success.
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A : I believe the prime minister made political statements when he said ( during Diet debate on the anti-terrorism legislation ) that there is a gap ( between the Constitution's preamble, where it says Japan desires to occupy an honored place in the global community, and Article 9 ) and when he said during Diet debate that " it is the common sense of the people that the SDF has war potential . " ( The government's stand is that the SDF has only the barest minimum self-defense capabilities and, therefore, not a war potential . ) I don't believe these statements were based on legal theories.
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A : I believe the prime minister made political statements when he said ( during Diet debate on the anti-terrorism legislation ) that there is a gap ( between the Constitution's preamble, where it says Japan desires to occupy an honored place in the global community, and Article 9 ) and when he said during Diet debate that " it is the common sense of the people that the SDF has war potential . " ( The government's stand is that the SDF has only the barest minimum self-defense capabilities and, therefore, not a war potential . ) I don't believe these statements were based on legal theories.
