It's an interesting "slap". Germany and Japan woke up yesterday to her that President Obama was talking about the idea of getting India a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Both were peeved. So they'd both like President Obama to mention that they deserved a seat.
The problem with this permanent seat business...is that folks would rather not get into a big huff about this. You see....Brazil also thinks that it deserves a permanent seat. Indonesia also thinks that it deserves a seat. And South Africa thinks that it deserves a seat.
After a while, you kinda realize that the Security Council has it's limits and you can only spread the wealth around a certain amount. You have the five permanent seats and then the ten seats that keep flipping....so countries like Cuba, Tonga, and Liberia get a shot once in a while.
My guess is that the Germans will bring this up in conversation....just to needle President Obama, and they know they will never get a seat. The President will shift around in his seat and agree to say something and then says forty-four words to the effect that Germany has finally recovered from WW II....which will infuriate every single German....and then suggest they deserve a seat. Japan will observe the comment, and just let everything drop because it's best not to have that WW II comment ever get brought up in public forums.
So for you Germans....sit tight....you've got another fifty-odd years to go. By that point, the US will have the financial power of Tonga....and then you can make a pretty solid case of taking away their Security Council seat.
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Considering that neither Germany or Japan contribute much if any combat troops to UN peacekeeping missions, I agree. I mean the Japanese troops in Iraq had to be protected by Spanish and Italian troops.
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