MSDF Somalia dispatch slammed by opponents at rally

Lawmakers and activists on Thursday slammed the imminent dispatch of Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers to the Gulf of Aden, calling it irrational and a threat to the Constitution.
"The dispatch could very well induce the first use of armed force overseas by the Self-Defense Forces," Upper House member Mizuho Fukushima, who heads the Social Democratic Party, said at a rally in Tokyo...more..http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090306a6.html