Well, I wasn't alive during WW2 either. But I get told time and again that I should still feel remorse for what some idiots did in my country back then. Care to explain why I should feel responsible for and pay for Nazi war crimes?

Like they could today...

The better question would be, do you want a human to be responsible for your intensive care? Would you want a human to replace the machines that might keep you alive one day? That do your dialysis?

I sure as HELL would not!

Machines are ideally suited for performing routine tasks that have little if any variation. It will of course take a time to perfect them and it will probably result in accidents and errors in the early stages, and I most certainly would want a qualified person there to oversee the whole operation in case the robot goes bananas. But there is simply nothing better than a machine for a routine task. They don't tire, they don't gloss over details because they get bored, they can't be distracted by personal problems or by external input or emergency calls, and most of all they won't start to chitchat to "distract" you. That alone is enough reason for me to prefer a machine...

A druggy can do it, why should a robot fail where a dopehead succeeds?

Realize what this means! Drones, made in Japan. They'll fit into your pocket, be able to hit whatever square inch on this planet you tell them with more force than anything anyone else builds, come with a sleek, chrome polished design, are invisible to radar and whatever other detection you could come up with, cost way less to produce and of course in retail (but you'll never be able to afford spare parts, if you find any that is) and of course look like Mechagodzilla.

On a less funny note, ponder that one of the few areas the US are still at the cutting edge of technology and without any competition is arms. Now ponder what happened with EVERY other tech field the US led and Japan muscled in.

Think it will take long before the US will be using drones "made in Japan"?

Oh, that's rich. First you force a country to sign your treaty and then you blame it for doing so.

Wait... why again was I against that embargo?

Does that mean I may point my drones at Washington and nuke it from the surface of Earth with impunity?

At least that's what the recent history teaches me.

An interesting theory. A spider that pulls up the Wikipedia page on him, looking for the "death and legacy" section. As long as it's absent, keep waiting...

Hmm... Did you check China's neighbors lately? They ain't really the big crop-producers either. North Korea, Sibiria, Mongolia...

Yup, just like the old saying, owe someone 1000 bucks and he owns you. Owe him a million and you own him.

Are you nuts? His information is petty change compared to his PR value. Think of it: Someone fleeing TO China FROM the USA, because he has to fear prosecution and maybe torture for his only crime having told the people that their own government is working against them.

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

Yeah, but your science and productivity would plummet, too.

The moment he gives in, he will disappear. Not only from sight, but also from press. His only life insurance, to speak, is to stay in the public view.