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Originally Posted by dogsbody70
MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm just a brief history of okinawa--
OKINAWA HISTORY
it suffered during the war, then run by America--
does anything ever change?
There were many protest recently about the american prescence there,
it brought the PM down now they have Kan but seems no changes as far as the Bases are concerned. |
Well, Ryukyu Kingdom itself invaded surrounding island kingdoms, and it's not like Hirshima and Nagasaki didn't suffer. It is true Okinawa has a bit more unique history compared with other Japanese regions and it probably suffered the most during the war, but I don't think it is appropriate to draw a picture that Japan and Ryukyu are 2 completely different entities and the later has been suffering because of the former. The thing is, Okinawa is located at a strategically important location and if it's not the US military's, we need Japanese bases there anyway. I personally think we should reduce the US military's presence in Japan too, but to do so, Japan needs to be more militarily autonomous, but these anti-American base people are pretty much ignorant of military balance and international politics and thus can't think that far. They are like "We hate military. Military is bad. because they are bad". I think a lot of them need to wise up and start talking like adults if they want to get to the bottom of this issue.