The legitimacy of the entire American military position in the Far East is built around the US exercising Japan’s sovereign function of self-defense. Japan’s unilateral revision of Article 9, viewed against the backdrop of its new nationalism, would isolate Japan from virtually the whole of Asia.
但是美国应该对其到底想要什么保持谨慎。美国军事基地在远东地区的合法地位是建立在美国代替日本行使自卫的主权的基础上的。考虑到其新的民族主义的背景，日本单方面对于第九条的修订将会使日本被几乎整个亚洲孤立。