Then why would a nation want a mass-murdering empire on its soil?
"US, Japan reportedly suspend talks on relocating base; Dispute escalates over impact of Okinawa outpost" by Blaine Harden, Washington Post | December 9, 2009
SEOUL - A rift between the United States and Japan over the future of a military air station on Okinawa widened yesterday, as Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told Japanese media that talks on relocating the base have been suspended.
The report offers additional evidence that the newly elected government of Japan is uncomfortable with the military footprint of the United States....
Yeah, MOST PEOPLE ARE wherever it is to be found!!!
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s approval ratings dipped below 60 percent in a newspaper poll released this week, as many of those polled criticized the prime minister for indecision on the base issue.
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So what does he do, readers? Serve his own people or U.S. empire?
"Japanese to offer US proposals on moving base" by Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press | December 10, 2009
TOKYO - Japan’s prime minister said yesterday that he hopes to meet with President Obama next week to offer his proposals on the relocation of a major American military base in Okinawa that has led to a rift between the allies.
Oh, more delay.
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Actually, next week came and went and Glob never got back to us.
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said members of his Cabinet are still working on the plans and he may give them to Obama on the side of the 192-nation UN conference in Copenhagen next week, though he has not officially asked for a meeting.
Oh, right. Too much going on there for the papers to cover that.
“We are facing a difficult situation, but there is a solution,’’ Hatoyama said, without elaborating on planned proposals. “I will make a decision in the end.’’
The relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has led to increased tension between the two sides. Washington and Tokyo agreed in 2006 to relocate the base to a site farther north, but Hatoyama put that plan on hold.
High-level talks between Tokyo and Washington, set up only last month to discuss the base relocation, were suspended indefinitely after little progress was made. Many in Okinawa want the US base closed and its functions moved off the island altogether. They say it poses a threat to the safety of the people who live near it, and have complained of base-related crime and environmental issues....
Yeah, so what?
What right do the Japanese have have to their own island!?
I mean, hey, THEY ONLY LIVE THERE!! We are an EMPIRE, dammit!!!!
