Comments on: Japanese PM Tenders Resignation http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503 A rough draft of my thoughts... Fri, 05 Oct 2024 01:18:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364522 Wed, 12 Sep 2024 16:53:17 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364522 Also: I was trying to get at the degree to which the rhetorical imperative of talking about "terrorism" occurs. Also: I was trying to get at the degree to which the rhetorical imperative of talking about “terrorism” occurs.

]]> by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364521 Wed, 12 Sep 2024 16:52:02 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364521 I wholly agree, and really was what I was getting at in my glib commentary. I wholly agree, and really was what I was getting at in my glib commentary.

]]> by: Ratoe http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364520 Wed, 12 Sep 2024 16:49:22 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364520 <i>Still, it is remarkable the degree to which the topic permeates global politics.</i> The issue here doesn't appear to be global poltics, but rather Japanese politics. And you are correct that terrorism is not the main issue with Abe's resignation. The failure of the re-fueling law was just the culmination of popular reaction against perceived incompetence of abe and the LDP. Remember, in July the LDP was trounced in upper house elections. The areas where there was the strongest anti-LDP sentiment were in the poorest prefectures, suggesting that there was a reaction against Abe's phlegmatic economic policies. Furthermore, he made some stupid cabinet minister decisions--particularly with regard to the Sata and Homma corruption issues-- and some major Bush-style incompetencies. The country's equivalent to the Social Secuirty Agency lost 30 million records a few months ago. Abe handled the situation poorly, trying to blame previous administrations. I think it is important to reconginze internal dynamics of Japanese politics to explain Abe's resignation rather than view the matter through topics that are more important in the US. Still, it is remarkable the degree to which the topic permeates global politics.

The issue here doesn’t appear to be global poltics, but rather Japanese politics.

And you are correct that terrorism is not the main issue with Abe’s resignation. The failure of the re-fueling law was just the culmination of popular reaction against perceived incompetence of abe and the LDP.

Remember, in July the LDP was trounced in upper house elections. The areas where there was the strongest anti-LDP sentiment were in the poorest prefectures, suggesting that there was a reaction against Abe’s phlegmatic economic policies.

Furthermore, he made some stupid cabinet minister decisions–particularly with regard to the Sata and Homma corruption issues– and some major Bush-style incompetencies. The country’s equivalent to the Social Secuirty Agency lost 30 million records a few months ago. Abe handled the situation poorly, trying to blame previous administrations.

I think it is important to reconginze internal dynamics of Japanese politics to explain Abe’s resignation rather than view the matter through topics that are more important in the US.

]]> by: Pros and Cons » Transitions between governments in mature representative republics versus transitions in immature ones … http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364519 Wed, 12 Sep 2024 16:48:49 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12503#comment-1364519 [...] Poliblogger has more trenchant analysis of the Japanese resignation, which over-privileges the media obsession with the GWOT (Global War on Terror), though he gets that isn’t really what the resignation is about. Still, with the relatively unipolar world we have wrought and the ideological World War IV nature of the present conflicts between civilization and nihilistic chaos (sorry Dr. Taylor, I largely agree with Podhoretz), it seems inevitable that that issue would be important in almost every election. [...] […] Poliblogger has more trenchant analysis of the Japanese resignation, which over-privileges the media obsession with the GWOT (Global War on Terror), though he gets that isn’t really what the resignation is about. Still, with the relatively unipolar world we have wrought and the ideological World War IV nature of the present conflicts between civilization and nihilistic chaos (sorry Dr. Taylor, I largely agree with Podhoretz), it seems inevitable that that issue would be important in almost every election. […]

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