What Is Relational Aggression?

The war of aggression refers to a military conflict without a reason for self-defense. It is an unjust war in which a certain country is armed to provoke another country, politically enslaved, and economically plundered and occupied. According to customary international law, a war of aggression is a crime.

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The war of aggression refers to a military conflict without a reason for self-defense. It is a country's armed provocation against other countries in the interests of its own development, and political slavery to the economy.

Britain invaded China: Two Opium Wars: The First Opium War: June 1840 to August 1842. The Second Opium War: October 1856 to October 1860. The two Opium Wars gradually reduced Old China to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society.

Japanese aggression against China: Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895

The United States invaded Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Iran.

War of aggression refuses to acknowledge

On May 20, 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refused to explicitly acknowledge the characterization of the Potsdam Announcement on the war of Japanese aggression during the party leader debate in the Japanese Parliament, claiming that he had not read this part of the "Potsdam Announcement" and "cannot make comment". Abe's shocking remarks further exposed his true face of deliberately escaping the guilty confession of war of aggression, and the dangerous historical outlook that made the international community highly vigilant.

As we all know, on August 14, 1945, the Japanese government notified the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China and announced its acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation aimed at urging Japanese fascists to surrender immediately. Among them, Article 6 of the Announcement states that "the authority and power of those who deceive and erroneously lead the Japanese people to make them want to conquer the world must be removed permanently. The Gao people insist that unless the responsible poor martialism is driven out of the world, peace, security, and justice The new order is impossible "; Article 8 states that" the conditions of the Cairo Declaration will be implemented, and Japan's sovereignty will be limited to Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and other small islands determined by us. "September 1945 On the 2nd, the Japanese government clearly accepted the Potsdam Announcement in the "Japanese Surrender Letter" and promised to faithfully implement the provisions of the "Potsdam Announcement".

War of aggression

Abe has claimed on several occasions to reflect on the war, but this time he adopted a precarious attitude on the key issues of the characterization of the war of aggression. As a Japanese national leader, this document that had a great impact on Japan's post-war trend, Abe who "reflected" did not know much? Insufficient introspection or false introspection? Regarding Abe's attitude, the Japanese Communist Party Chairman Shiwa Kazuo criticized that the "Potsdam Announcement" clearly identified the nature of Japan's war of aggression, and Abe was not only unwilling to admit that it was a war of aggression, but did not admit it was a wrong war.

This is not the first time that Abe has made a wrong statement on the issue of history. At the beginning of 2015, for the "Abe Talk" to be released in 2015, Abe publicly let go of key words such as "aggression", "colonial rule" and "apology". On the issue of conscripting "comfort women", Abe also concocted the so-called "human trafficking theory" and blatantly avoided the Japanese war crimes.

Behind Abe's "evasion" and unwillingness to admit is a distorted view of right-handed history. With his arms chanting "Long live the Emperor" and Abe wearing a military uniform and boarding a tank, he has a paranoid fascination with Japan's "empire glory" and declares that he will wage a "recapture of powerful Japan" battle. To this end, Abe's cabinet actively promoted military unbundling, overriding the peaceful constitution, seeking to make Japan a political and military power again, and reversing textbooks through historical recognition. In response to Japan's domestic political trends, the Japanese emperor and his son successively beat Abe on historical issues in 2015. Emperor Akihito said in his New Year's speech on January 1, 2015 that Japan should take the 70th anniversary of the post-war period as an opportunity to "learn fully the history of this war that began in the" Manchurian Incident "(that is, the" September 18 Incident ") It is extremely important to think about the future of Japan. " Crown Prince Naruhito also "rarely" spoke on political topics when he attended a press conference before his 55th birthday, saying that Japan should "understand" history correctly.

War of aggression raises vigilance

The unwillingness of some Japanese political forces headed by Abe to face up to history cannot add points to the image of Japan as a "powerful country" in the international community. In Abe's view, the international community should not let go of history. However, we cannot help asking, why in the world, Germany, who had committed heinous crimes in the past, why now the world is assured, recognized and appreciated for its historical attitude? German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent comments during her visit to Japan made a footnote to this: German post-war discussions on the history of war were very in-depth, and past liquidation was a prerequisite for post-war reconciliation.

Abe's concealment has not deceived the world, and has caused high vigilance in the international community. On May 5, 2015, 187 internationally-renowned historians such as Harvard University professors Fu Gaoyi and Zhaojiang Zhao issued a joint letter calling on Abe to face history squarely and gain strong resonance from the international academic community. As of the 19th, more than 450 internationally renowned scholars have signed the joint letter. Professor Alexey Duden, a professor at the University of Connecticut in the United States who wrote the open letter, said that the content of the letter represents the general view of the international history community. .

The nature of right and wrong in the war of aggression is qualitative, and whether a correct understanding can be expressed directly and clearly is a basic judgment that good people should have. In the face of the international community's call for justice, the words must be called Abe's introspection, and he must give the international community a clear answer instead of repeatedly avoiding a correct understanding of the war of aggression!