Get U.S. Marines out of Japan
October 6, 2026
In line with my article today, “What Do Marines Fight For?” I note that just yesterday, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine was arrested by Japanese police for robbing and killing a woman on Okinawa. 50,000 U.S. troops are still stationed in Japan even though World War II ended in 1945. Okinawans have for years wanted U.S. Marines out of Japan.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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