Have anda heard the news?

Some of anda may know, either because you've seen my post on the acak wall, atau because anda follow the news.
The Japanese parliament voted, and made the decision to allow the Japanese military to fight in oversees wars. This is going to be a harsh wake-up call to the Japanese, who, even now, have often been inclined to pretend foreign problems either didn't exists, atau don't effect them.

So I suppose I should get to the question, go ahead and answer one atau both.
1. What do anda think about war, particularly the war on terror.
2. What do anda think will become of this, will jepang be changed forever?

I'm interested to hear your responses, no matter how small they may seem.