(August 6, 2016 at 1:24 pm)Jello Wrote: Anyway, why does it matter that they have a military of sorts? They've came a long way as people since WW2 and aren't gonna pull any crazy shit without US permission first
I would say primarily because that was a state imposed upon them when they unconditionally surrendered to the Allies in 1945, and ensconced in their Constitution.
Changing that status is largely a matter of diplomacy, until it isn't.
