17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Hi, While avoiding the many political issues in this thread to which my opinion is of little value,
As far as Pax Americana goes, the Japanese just _volunteered_ to_increase_ the payments they make to support the American garrison in Japan. The non-Okinawans want us in their country.
this is so far off the mark as to be hilarious. Public opinion against US troops in Japan is pretty high. Don't confuse what the government does to have any bearing on what people want. Also realize that US mass media's portrayal of events in Japan may be quite different than that of Japan's mass media. I would expect that this is true elsewhere as well... Vince Gebes PSI Japan