The most serious menace to Japan comes from the Soviet Union. Numerous European countries will eventually embrace Communism. So will China and India if we just watch them with folded arms.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker warns that the Soviet Union poses the greatest threat to Japan, and that Europe, China, and India may fall to communism if ignored.
- In plain terms
- Soviet Union is Japan’s biggest danger; Europe, China, India could turn communist if we do nothing.
- What can you take from it?
- Act proactively to counter rising communist influence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How reliable are such threat assessments?
- What alternatives exist to military preparedness?
Another view
Predicting political shifts is uncertain; many nations resisted communism.
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