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2007-05-14 China-Japan-Koreas

Thousands protest in Okinawa over US bases

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 So how are the demos going in getting back the Kuriles? Oh that's right, the Yanks are the only ones you can play the guilt game on.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-05-14 00:22|| 2007-05-14 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 I remember Reversion and would nuke Okinawa in a heartbeat. I was on a barely flyable B-52 on a typhoon evac out of Guam in 74. The only thing working on the airplane was one radio intermittently and the periscopic sextant. We couldn't get the tip gear up and didn't have enough fuel to make Thailand, so we diverted to Okinawa. Because the Japanese considered us a "nuclear war machine", they would only allow us to land if we were "on fire". A tanker was launched out of Kadena to refuel us and lead us all the way to UTapao. I remember vividly the value they placed on my life, believe me, 33 years later the feeling is mutual. Labor unions and peace activists used to translate as Communist. My guess is they still do.

Posted by RWV 2007-05-14 09:49|| 2007-05-14 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Labor unions and peace activists used to translate as Communist. My guess is they still do

Yup, that's Okinawa. My Japanese techs at Yokota told me that the whole island had a big leftist population. The native Okinawans were not happy with being given back to Japan either, they wanted independance. Of course, they'd like us to keep paying them even after we left.

Posted by Steve 2007-05-14 10:47|| 2007-05-14 10:47|| Front Page Top

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