What Happens If Shinzo Abe Gets His WIsh?

Shinzo Abe's lives in world of make believe at least one might describe it that way.  Japan's Prime Minister and his Liberal Democratic Party have this dream of "restoring" Japan.  For them that means the power that was Japan from the turn of the 19th century till the end of World War II a legitimate player in world politics and military power.   It means denying the war crimes committed by the Japanese Imperial army: The Rape of Nanjing, Comfort Women, chemical experiments on civilians and the execution of POW's.  Denial includes revising this history through text books used in Japanese junior and senior high schools.

Upon his return to the Prime Ministers office in December of 2012 he set about making changes not only in policy but in the constitution, specifically article 9 which prohibits the deployment of Japanese soldiers as armed combatants in conflict zones.   Have those ambitions comeback to haunt him with the killing of 2 Japanese hostages by ISIL?

If Mr. Abe would just extricate himself from his delusional   dream world and face the reality of our times perhaps there won't be anymore hostages taken.     

Sunday's announcement of the killing of Kenji Goto, the second of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State (IS) militants, represents a major political challenge for the Japanese administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. 

It also raises important questions about the future security of Japanese citizens at home and abroad, the degree of Japanese public support for the country's increasingly proactive foreign policy, and the prospects in 2015 for government legislation to allow Japan's Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to play a more active overseas role.

While there was widespread shock at the two deaths, Japanese public reaction to the hostage crisis in general has been mixed.

Many Japanese responded to the humanitarian dimension of the crisis, using social media to express their solidarity with the victims and their families.

  Given the nature of Japanese politics the probability is high he'll get his wish as public sentiment concerning these changes in policy and the constitution will be ignored.