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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by bigbillheck on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:49AM (#35423516)
> it's not unreasonable to assume he's dumb enough to try Japan.

One thing Japan has that Ukraine does not is a whole bunch of US military installations. (And a mutual defense treaty, but you know what they say about three useless forms of North American paper)

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by ben_w on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:30AM (#35424193)
> but you know what they say about three useless forms of North American paper

I don't, but I can guess where you're going from the context.

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