It's a matter of you arguing over semantics. Useless ones too.
The US and in particular, the current president Trump has shown it is all useless. Every government has enough levers and workarounds to make it happen.
Trump has classified the attacks on Iran as "self-defense" so self-defense force, whatever... does it matter?
> and the Japanese are generally sticklers for the law
No, they're not. As usual you just take it at face value and read fake news. Japan's actual prosecution rate is ~30-40%. Post-indictment conviction rate is 99%. Guess why? They fudge the numbers, cheat the system and make it up.
It's a matter of you arguing over semantics. Useless ones too.
The US and in particular, the current president Trump has shown it is all useless. Every government has enough levers and workarounds to make it happen.
Trump has classified the attacks on Iran as "self-defense" so self-defense force, whatever... does it matter?
> and the Japanese are generally sticklers for the law
No, they're not. As usual you just take it at face value and read fake news. Japan's actual prosecution rate is ~30-40%. Post-indictment conviction rate is 99%. Guess why? They fudge the numbers, cheat the system and make it up.