Speaking at the 11th annual Hawaii Military Partnership Conference, an annual military-business love fest sponsored by the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, Lt. Gen. Francis J. Wiercinski, Commander of the U.S. Army Pacific described the monstrous Army heʻe (octopus) in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific: “Obviously our center of gravity is here in Hawaii. It’s where the… Read more »
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Okinawa, New Year 2012: Tokyo’s Year End Surprise Attack
Japan Focus just published two excellent articles about the release of the environmental impact study for the military base expansion in Okinawa: “The Fatally Flawed EIS Report on the Futenma Air Station Replacement Facility – With Special Reference to the Okinawa Dugong” by Sakurai Kunitoshi and “Pre-Dawn Surprise Attack: The “Drop-off” of the Environmental Impact Statement” by… Read more »
A Korean Spring?
As Christine Ahn of the Korea Policy Institute writes in Foreign Policy In Focus, there are interesting and hopeful changes taking place in the Korean peninsula. Many in the west are speculating about what will happen in the aftermath of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. But the transition to new leadership… Read more »
Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Invalidates Electoral Reaportionment Plan
Big Island Video News reports: After a day of oral arguments, the Hawaii Supreme Court has found the 2011 Final Reapportionment Plan to be constitutionally invalid. The Order Granting Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Judicial Review states: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus and judicial review is granted…. Read more »
8 U.S. soldiers charged in death of comrade in Afghanistan
The Washington Post reported that eight U.S. soldiers have been charged with crimes related to the October 3 death of a fellow soldier who apparently committed suicide. This is the second Asian American military personnel in recent months who allegedly committed suicide after abusive treatment by fellow GIs. It appears that there were racial elements… Read more »
Nevermind Iran: U.S. Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons Violate International Law
In “Gingrich, The Times & Doomsday,” Conn Hallinan turns Newt Gingrichʻs obsession with a hypothetical Iranian electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon back on the United Statesʻ own EMP weapon program. He writes: In a recent New York Times article the newspaper’s senior science writer, William J. Broad, takes a dig at Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s… Read more »
Court to military rape survivors: “relief…is unavailable in these circumstances”
The Daily Beast reports: On Tuesday, attorneys arguing for Kori Cioca and the 27 other plaintiffs represented in Cioca v. Rumsfeld learned that U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady had ruled against them, granting the motion to dismiss filed by Department of Justice attorneys on behalf of the Department of Defense. […] “Notwithstanding the… Read more »
Obama Channels Teddy Roosevelt
Last week, President Obama delivered a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, the same town where Theodore Roosevelt gave his “New Nationalism” speech in 1910. New Yorker columnist John Cassidy described this speech as Obama finding his voice and defining his theme for the 2012 election: This is Obama seeking to define the themes he intends to… Read more »
Michael Klare: Playing With Fire – Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China
When President Obama announced his strategic ‘pivot’ to the Asia Pacific region, most understood that it was primarily aimed at bolstering the U.S. economy and containing China. However, in Playing with Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China, Michael Klare provides crucial analysis of the shifting “energy equation” for China and the U.S. It explains… Read more »
S. Korea to build barracks on island near north border for U.S. troops
Stars and Stripes reports: South Korea plans to build accommodations for U.S. servicemembers on one of the Yellow Sea islands near the disputed maritime border it shares with North Korea, but officials from both countries insist there are no plans to permanently station Americans there. “The Republic of Korea is building a transient barracks for… Read more »
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