No Sale.

The article reports that Hawaii Democrat Representative Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii says no one should expect any support from him in updating the fighter forces of the Japanese military. Abercrombie, chairman of the House Armed Services air-land forces subcommittee, calls himself a real reactionary when it comes to selling sensitive defense technology to foreign governments. To Abercrombie, the technology-transfer issue has nothing to do with humoring U.S. allies.