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2010-01-31 China-Japan-Koreas

Thousands protest in Tokyo against U.S. military presence in Japan

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Posted by Steve White 2010-01-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 The hell with them...
Its time for Fortress Am.

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-31 01:09|| 2010-01-31 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Just so long as Fortress America begins right past the extent of everyone else's territorial waters.

Posted by AzCat 2010-01-31 01:15|| 2010-01-31 01:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Make us leave.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-01-31 01:18|| 2010-01-31 01:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Thus weakening Japan and strengthening China. I wonder how many of these protesters know what a balance of power is, and how they're helping to alter it negatively.

Posted by gromky 2010-01-31 04:25|| 2010-01-31 04:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Bring 'em all home. Its time we give the finger to the rest of the world.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2010-01-31 06:32|| 2010-01-31 06:32|| Front Page Top

#6 We're doing an awful lot of infrastructure improvements and additions on our bases in Guam. Somehow, I think we have been expecting this. So far, I generally only see one guy protesting our presence at the entrance to Andersen AFB, and he looks like Tarzan.

Posted by AuburnTom 2010-01-31 11:43|| 2010-01-31 11:43|| Front Page Top

#7 ...or one of those last WWII Japanese holdouts maybe?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-31 12:20|| 2010-01-31 12:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Its only been 55 years, they need to revisit their sordid history

Posted by 746 2010-01-31 13:09|| 2010-01-31 13:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Residents have complained for years about noise, pollution and crime around the bases.

Take it for what it's worth, but other than while transiting Narita, the presence of any westerner in Japan is generally seen as something of a "crime."

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-31 13:23|| 2010-01-31 13:23|| Front Page Top

#10 I suspect they'll get their wish. Unable to pull out of Afghanistan I suspect Obama will be looking to pull back in other areas. Japan, Korea and Germany seem like likely candidates.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-01-31 15:54|| 2010-01-31 15:54|| Front Page Top

#11 we could redeploy "over the horizon" to Iraq

/Anti-Murtha

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-31 16:38|| 2010-01-31 16:38|| Front Page Top

#12 I wonder how many of these protesters know what a balance of power is, and how they're helping to alter it negatively.

I bet they have no idea who's funding the movement either.

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-31 17:05|| 2010-01-31 17:05|| Front Page Top

#13 May they live in interesting times.
/From their friendly neighbors to the west.

Posted by ed 2010-01-31 17:18|| 2010-01-31 17:18|| Front Page Top

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