Have آپ heard the news?

Some of آپ may know, either because you've seen my post on the random wall, یا because آپ 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, یا don't effect them.

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

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