Clinton to move 8,000 US Marines off of Okinawa

[NObama]

The island of Okinawa---taken at a cost of 50,000 America casualties, one of which included my grandfathers arm

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=afPp1Eg_1E40&refer=japan

 

[TurdFergeson]

what happened to the original text about "negro rapists" and such? It showed up in the preview.

And why do we need to waste money keeping thousands of troops on Okinawa? My grandfather fought on Guadalcanal among other places and we have no troops there.

 

[NObama]

what happened to the original text about "negro rapists" and such? It showed up in the preview.

And why do we need to waste money keeping thousands of troops on Okinawa? My grandafther fough on Guadalcanal among other places and we have no troops there.

This is what it says:

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone signed an agreement in Tokyo finalizing the transfer of 8,000 U.S. Marines from the southern island of Okinawa to Guam by 2014.

Under the agreement, Japan will provide $6.09 billion, including $2.8 billion in “cash contributions,” of the estimated $10.3 billion cost for the move and the building of housing and other infrastructure. The Pacific island of Guam is a U.S. territory.

The relocation is contingent on Japan making “tangible progress” on moving the Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station on Okinawa. Residents of a proposed new site on another part of the island have opposed the choice and no alternative has been agreed upon.

Japan is host to 50,000 U.S. forces under a half-century old security agreement. About 22,000 of the troops are stationed in Okinawa, spurring tensions with local communities. A U.S. Marine in May was convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Okinawan girl. He was acquitted of rape in a case that triggered anti-American demonstrations locally as well as in Tokyo.

Clinton is in Japan as part of a weeklong visit to Asia, her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. She arrived yesterday in Tokyo and called for more cooperation from the region in alleviating the worldwide recession.

 

[TurdFergeson]

We also need to move out of South Korea.

Give them a few nukes and let them defend themselves.

 

[KingOrfeo]

This is what it says:

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone signed an agreement in Tokyo finalizing the transfer of 8,000 U.S. Marines from the southern island of Okinawa to Guam by 2014.

Under the agreement, Japan will provide $6.09 billion, including $2.8 billion in “cash contributions,” of the estimated $10.3 billion cost for the move and the building of housing and other infrastructure. The Pacific island of Guam is a U.S. territory.

The relocation is contingent on Japan making “tangible progress” on moving the Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station on Okinawa. Residents of a proposed new site on another part of the island have opposed the choice and no alternative has been agreed upon.

Japan is host to 50,000 U.S. forces under a half-century old security agreement. About 22,000 of the troops are stationed in Okinawa, spurring tensions with local communities. A U.S. Marine in May was convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Okinawan girl. He was acquitted of rape in a case that triggered anti-American demonstrations locally as well as in Tokyo.

Clinton is in Japan as part of a weeklong visit to Asia, her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. She arrived yesterday in Tokyo and called for more cooperation from the region in alleviating the worldwide recession.

And you have a problem with that why?

 

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[TurdFergeson]

You really need to re-study your geography and develop a better understanding of geo politics. Learn about the strategic choke points in the world and where they are. Understand we are a maritime nation surrounded on three sides by water with vital lines of supply and communication.

We still have Midway and the Aleutians...not to mention the whole Japanese Defense Force. And Guam.

 

[KingOrfeo]

You really need to re-study your geography and develop a better understanding of geo politics. Learn about the strategic choke points in the world and where they are. Understand we are a maritime nation surrounded on three sides by water with vital lines of supply and communication.

So what? We don't need a base in Okinawa, we have Guam. We can project naval power throughout the Western Pacific.

We don't need Guantanamo Bay, either, come to think of it. We'll never go to war with Cuba at this point, and from Florida we can launch any fleet we need into the Caribbean or Central America.

 

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[TurdFergeson]

My bad..I forgot they closed Midway and it's now a nature preserve. Interesting...must have not been an essential strategic base, after all.

Nowdays the most important thing in the Northern Pacific is this:

http://www.govcomm.harris.com/images/1F-381-MDA650b.jpg

 

[KingOrfeo]

Go back and play in the sand box, test your nonsense there.

. . . said the pot to the mainframe.