Russia Picks another Fight

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Russia has impounded a Japanese fishing ship. Not content with just pissing off Europe and the US, Russia is bickering with its old enemy Japan. Technically speaking, the two are at war, as they have never ratified a treaty to end WWII. The reason is a number of islands which Russia took days after Japan surrendered, and has never returned. Because of Russia taking the ship, Japan has canceled humanitarian aid to those islands (they provided medical services). Hopefully, from a political standpoint, oil prices stay low because they are what is financing Russian agression (not to mention Muslim terrorism, Iran, and Syria). It continues to amaze me that Russia is getting away with being hyper-agressive and the collective world response is a slap on the wrist. The pacifist Japanese (who technically still do not have a military), have more backbone than Europe. At the same time, Japan could buy and sell Russia a few times, and the JDF (Japanese Defense Force) could still kick Russia's ass (at least at sea).

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