‘Okinawans sick and tired of US military presence’
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“The US Military has bases in 63 countries. Brand new military bases have been built since September 11, 2001 in seven countries.
The Worldwide control of humanity’s economic, social and political activities is under the helm of US corporate and military power. Underlying this process are various schemes of direct and indirect military intervention. These US sponsored strategies ultimately consist in a process of global subordination.”
This article sets the stage for the Okinawan article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-worldwide-network-of-us-military-bases/5564
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‘Okinawans sick and tired of US military presence’
Published time: November 18, 2014 11:55
Hercules aircraft are parked on the tarmac at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan on Okinawa.(Reuters / Issei Kato)
Residents of Okinawa are concerned about the US military presence on the island, and the increasing crime rate linked to that, as well as the enormous impact on local wildlife, Conn Hallinan from Foreign Policy in Focus told RT.
Takeshi Onaga, former mayor of Okinawa’s capital city Naha, answers questions after casting his ballot for the Okinawa gubernatorial election at a polling station in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, on November 16, 2014.(AFP Photo / Toru Yamanaka)
The Japanese prefecture of Okinawa has elected a new governor Takeshi Onaga who is strongly opposed to the US military being on the island. Okinawa has been home to the American military since 1945, with around 26,000 troops there at the moment. There is a widespread local hostility to the American military, along with complaints of a greater accident risk, more noise, and a growing crime rate.
The main controversy now is a plan to re-locate the Futenma air base to Camp Schwab in Henoko which was approved by previous Governor Nakaima. Onaga has promised to veto the landfill work needed for the new base to be built and insisted the base should be moved away from Okinawa.
READ MORE: http://rt.com/op-edge/206495-okinawa-us-military-base-onaga/
