http://closethebase.org/2010/06/14/network-for-okinawas-statement-on-current-futenma-situation/ Network for Okinawa’s Statement on Current Situation with U.S. Base Relocation June 14, 2010 We, the Network for Okinawa, firmly oppose the Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Consultative Committee issued on May 28, in which the two governments confirmed their intention to build a 1,800-meter long runway (or more than one runway portions) at… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Senate committee slashes Guam buildup funds by 70%
This is interesting. Two articles here and here report that the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee cut the Guam military build up funds by 70% because it was requested “ahead of need”. This may help the anti-buildup resistance movement on Guam. But these guys are optimistic that the funds are going to be there. Maybe… Read more »
New Japan Prime Minister said Okinawa should become independent
A new book by Okinawan member of Parliament and peace activist Shoukichi Kina quotes the Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan as saying Okinawa “should just become independent”. The article below makes this seem like a ridiculous idea, but it is not far off. Okinawa was an independent Kingdom, much like Hawai’i. It was invaded and… Read more »
NYT’s Risen Hits Back At Critics On Afghan Minerals Story, Raises More Questions
NYT’s Risen Hits Back At Critics On Afghan Minerals Story, Raises More Questions Over the weekend, the New York Times‘s James Risen had an attention-grabbing story that touted the discovery of “nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan” said to be “far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the… Read more »
America’s Identity Crisis: Coming to Terms with Imperial Decline
https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/90/americas-identity-crisis.ht Adbusters Is the rigid US position on military build-up in the A-P really about fragile national/military ego? America’s Identity Crisis: Coming to Terms with Imperial Decline Blake Sifton 11 Jun 2010 In the aftermath of the trauma suffered by the American psyche on 9/11, the United States lashed out blindly and irrationally in fear… Read more »
Consumers Union of Japan: Remove all U.S. bases, scrap Japan-U.S. Security Treaty
CUJ: Annul and Scrap the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and the Japan-U.S. Status-of-Forces Agreement Resolution to make the best use of Japan’s war-renouncing Constitution, and to request the removal of military bases On May 28, 2010 the governments of Japan and the United States issued a joint statement outlining the relocation of the Futenma base in… Read more »
Japanese ex-Marine strives to debunk ‘myth of deterrent’
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=506930 FOCUS: Japanese ex-Marine strives to debunk ‘myth of deterrent’ NAHA, Japan, June 16 KYODO A Japanese man with the unusual background of having served in the U.S. Marine Corps is using his experience to vigorously campaign against the U.S. military presence in Okinawa Prefecture. Kimitoshi Takanashi, 38, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in his… Read more »
General David Petraeus faints during grilling over US in Afghanistan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/15/general-david-petraeus-faint-afghanistan General David Petraeus faints during grilling over US in Afghanistan • Hearing suspended for the day as Petraeus recovers • Dehydration, jetlag and lack of food cited as causes Ewen MacAskill in Washington guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 June 2010 20.21 BST America’s top commander, General David Petraeus, fainted during a congressional hearing as he was… Read more »
U.S. military identifies vast mineral riches in Afghanistan
Echoes of the science fiction film Avatar, the U.S. military has located mineral riches in the ground in Afghanistan. Were the minerals a factor driving the war? Why is the U.S. military even doing mineral prospecting in Afghanistan? The NYT article says that the size of the deposits are valued at a $1 trillion, the… Read more »
Greenwashing the Pentagon
http://www.truth-out.org/greening-pentagon60385 Greenwashing the Pentagon Sunday 13 June 2010 by: Joseph Nevins, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, just one of many manifestations of perilous ecological degradation across the planet, the need to challenge war and militarism – especially in terms of… Read more »
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