US Out of Okinawa

Want to know at least one reason there has been a coordinated state-media witch hunt against Toyota? Because the new Japanese government wants to close down a giant Marine base in Okinawa. Why is the US still militarily occupying Japan, with a vast number of facilities, 65 years after the end of WWII? Why, it’s for their own good, don’t you know. As to the crime, noise, blight, and pollution that surround any American base, the Japanese should just shut up and be grateful to be controlled. US conservatives, with their reflexive militarism, never stop to consider what high-crime slums … Continue reading US Out of Okinawa