Japan signs up for another two years supporting Iraq

The American MSM remains largely silent about this extension of course -- because we're supposed to have nobody helping us and are world pariahs.

Japan Times

The House of Councilors enacted a special measures law Wednesday designed to extend the Air Self-Defense Force's Iraq airlift mission by two years[...]

[...]The ASDF unit in Kuwait is engaged in airlifting supplies and personnel in Iraq for U.S.-led multinational forces and the United Nations between Baghdad, Taril in the south and Irbil in the north. The operations and coverage are expected to remain unchanged after an extension[...]

Oh, and the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia is sending a 3,000 man brigade to help interdict Iranian meddlers and arms flow...because they hate us too.