Massive Japanese protests at US presence.

cawacko said:
We're obviously not policy makers nor are we expected to have all the answers like they should but it's very difficult to believe everything would be status quo if we pull out. So knowing that what would we expect to happen going forward? I understand some Japanese want us gone but if us leaving creates a huge vacuum that would require an even bigger presence in the future is that a smart decision?
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I guess a reduction in forces is going to take place, this may speed it up!

http://www.military.com/daily-news/...n-of-okinawa-military-held-land-to-japan.html
 
tsuke said:
if we are going to station them anywhere i would prefer to station them in random places in the us so they spend their money there while off base. Maybe they can stay in hawaii.
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Maybe we could stop using the military as a jobs program funded by taxpayers to prop up moribund communities with a base nearby. :)
 
The 'Defense' budget is largely porkulus corporate welfare for the military-industrial complex.

The US hasn't won an actual war since 1945, and probably couldn't have pulled that off without the Soviets.
 
Legion Troll said:
So? It's their part of the world.

Why shouldn't they have an Asian version of the Monroe Doctrine?
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because they are CLAIMING disputed territory also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines.

The Chinese are building islands ( dredge) and sticking artillery pieces or a landing strip on them -threatening international shipping
Then they use that "new land" to expand their territorial claims - effectively seizing mineral deposits.
 
anatta said:
because they are CLAIMING disputed territory also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines. The Chinese are building islands ( dredge) and sticking artillery pieces or a landing strip on them -threatening international shipping Then they use that "new land" to expand their territorial claims - effectively seizing mineral deposits.
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So? If we seized land by force, why should we balk when they do the same thing?
 
here. chew on this for awhile..learn the background before the endless questioning
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-philippines-court-idUSKCN0ZG05S
Beijing slams South China Sea case as court ruling nears

China's bases its South China Sea claim on a so-called "Nine Dash line" stretching deep into the maritime heart of southeast Asia and covering hundreds of disputed islands and reefs, rich fishing grounds and oil and gas deposits
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Beijing by declaring an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the South China Sea, as it did in the East China Sea in 2013, and by stepping up its building and fortification of artificial islands.
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