DO WE EVEN HAVE TO ASK?:

U.S. expects Japan to send SDF to Iraq (The Japan Times, Dec. 3, 2003)

The U.S. hopes Japan will honor its pledges to dispatch troops to Iraq despite the killing of two Japanese diplomats in northern Iraq, senior U.S. officials said Monday.

That it's even a question makes you wonder about the seriousness of the Japanese.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 2, 2003 6:57 PM