China has yet again claimed that those islands, even Okinawa, belong to them, in their usual bullying manner.
1. History gives the right to Japan over the islands.
International Human rights and adherences to the rule of law for decades after the war gives Japan the moral authority to govern those island instead
2. Who owns what over sovereignity of those islands, even countries in our world, was upset by WWII, which left finally to the major allied powers
fighting against facism to decide humanely, to adhere to the rule of law, to return to pre1914 boundaries where possible leaving none behind, which
led to the formation of the UN to arbiter intenational issues in a civilised manner.
3. The Cairo Declaration in brief, states clearly that Japan will be stripped of all islands except its main territorities that formed Japan before
1914. Any territority seized after 1914 by Japan will be stripped from them.
However, Okinawa and those disputed islands were maintained by Japan BEFORE 1914. Can a mongol Khan heir claim China belong to him today if China uses
arguments such as ancient ownership?
4. The Potsdam Proclamation limits Japan to its main islands, and ANY other minor island as USA determines, who had administered to those islands,
agreed by all allied powers' signitories of that Proclaimation including Chiang Kai Shek, the rightful ruler of China who fought the imperial japan
army while the chinese CCP held back its own troops.
In 1972, USA finally decided that Japan was responsible enough as a member of the UN, and handed over the islands to them.
5. The Sino-Japanese Joint Statement of 1972 profess to abide by the Potsdam Proclamation.
a) China CCP govt to respect the lives sacrificed during WWII to bring peace to the world., and honor USA's decision to hand over the islands to
b.) The Potsdam Proclamation was signed by Chiang, whom USA and World powers were obliged to honor and support as a war ally, not the unvoted
illegitimate usurper of China today.
Technically, by historical and moral right, the true clamaints to the island is Republic of China - Taiwan, headquartered by Chiang and an elected
responsible govt for decades, back at the end of the war, and NOT the unsupported CCP govt.
But for the sake of peace, the world had left China to determine its own national course without intervention when it booted out Chiang, whom the
allies are expected to support, and could have easily 'A-bombed' the CCP into submission, but did not do so for the sake of a war weary world and the
blood sacrifices of our forefathers.
c.) Even today, USA still encourages diplomacy over the sovereignity of the islands, and bullied no one. BUT make no mistake, if peace and trade is
destroyed, the free world will not hesitate to react.
May China CCP govt end its bullying ways, and be a responsible member sharing our world through the rule of law, and abidance to Human Rights and
aspirations of all mankind to live in love and peace.
edit on 28-9-2012 by SeekerofTruth101 because: (no reason given)