TECHNICALLY, I GUESS SO

The Japan Times had an article about the country's ongoing efforts to get a permanent, veto-wielding seat on the United Nations Security Council. This quest has been mocked before on WAYLA, but somehow the Japanese persist. I did not understand why. Then I saw the quote at the end of the article from a Japanese diplomat. He indicated that the reason Japan was not a Security Council member was a "technicality." Well, sure, if starting an aggressive war in Asia that killed untold numbers of Chinese, Filipinos, Koreans, and other Asians, as well as many Japanese, Americans, and other assorted Europeans is a technicality, if the rape of Nanking is a technicality, if the bombing of Pearl Harbor is a technicality, etc. etc. then yes, it is a mere technicality that kept Japan off the Security Council.