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  • Man there was another one of these last weekend. They sure do love shopping at our BX/PX Commissary, Dating our troops, and our money. I can't wait to get the hell off this island and I just got here. I new I would hate it. :(

  • @guidingspiritdreams

    Huh? That's a pretty ignorant statement you realize right? Saying "they" as such a broad term, I doubt "they" (the extreme right wing protestors) care about shopping at the BX or our "money" as you put it. Do you even realize these protestors make up a very very tiny percent of the population, many of whom are from mainland? Those you see at the BX are an even smaller percent of the population, you DO realize this right? It's more of a novelty than anything else.

  • @guidingspiritdreams

    Why do you "hate" it there? Okinawa is absolutely beautiful, the way of life is easy, the weather is great, the people are SUPER nice. Get off your ass and do stuff off base before you go around saying you "hate it" there.

  • @ziptieddotcom Well asshole I do live off base and this place is not for everyone. You don't know me or the steps I have walked. I'm allowed to like or dislike anything I please.

  • They where protesting the marines because they where coming into the bars getting drunk and raping the locals. I was there at the time kadena new base housing.

  • Okinawa would not be able to survive with out the US living there. I know Okinawa wants to become a "Hawaii" and attract tourism. I don't believe this will work. The island is a bit run down. And the US needs the military presence here because of N.Korea and China. Yes, China is "our friend" at the moment, but they are communist as well and we can not take our chances. If we closed down shop here, we would not be the only ones suffering if we left.

  • they are just communists or extreme left-wings.

  • Kolasind..... What do you mean they hate us but they love Our Money. You don't pay for dick. The Japanese taxpayer foots the bill for your existence in Japan. Bet you can't wait to get back to the trailer park.

  • @Govsurfer He means the business owners love our money. As soon as the military is completely out of Okinawa (read: never), the business owners (bars, clubs, clothing stores, furniture stores, EVERYTHING) will be forced to close down.

    Right now, Marines have to be out of places that serve alcohol by midnight. The first weekend this restriction went into effect, countless business owners were at the bases/city halls complaining about how it's hurting their business.

  • damn i remember when they had george bush doll hangin off the fence round gate 1..shit was crazy

  • Seems the rent for Okinawa was paid forever:

    U.S. losses were over 62,000 casualties of whom over 40,000 were killed or missing. This made the battle the bloodiest that U.S. forces experienced in the Pacific war.Several thousand servicemen who died indirectly (from wounds and other causes) at a later date are not included in the total.

  • OH SHIT!

    that was near my house :)

  • the right wingers are retarded the american troops at kaneda shoulda just opened fire on them

  • what the hell are the pro america a bombing their country chanting

  • They are thought to be communist in JPN

    Behind them, Communist China exists.

    Communist China wants to shut out US

    military from okinawa to grow its own power in the Pacific area .

  • a true nationalist of japan will be anti u.s base on japans soil

  • once antichrist comes he will send that base in flames and make japan very prosperous by having all japanes who died in ww2 come back. he will give free everything to japan and stop nuclear war

  • I hate these left-wing groups, I hope they will get out of my country.

  • How are we supposed to control the world if we give up key bases huh?

    We won Japan fair and square!

  • fuck off yankee

  • Please look up "irony" in your dictionary.

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  • rofl they still do this

  • Yeah they did it in late May and when I was driving around Chatan with my windows down, they screamed using their megaphone and scared the hell out of me.

  • hang on - why are the Uyoku speaking out AGAINST the march? I thought the Uyoku are nationalists - so why would they try to stop an anti-american protest?

  • I was in Okinawa , leaving just before Reversion 72. We had demonstrations routinely. One union strike closed down the bars Nov-Dec 70?. Miraculously the strike was over for New Years, as shops/bars owners were P.O.ed loosing a ton of money. Koza came alive again :)

  • Im reading Chalmers Johnson , and he says Okinawa's air base is just a big waste of money.

  • I would have to completely agree with him. In fact, after you mentioned his name, I did some googling and read a few hours about him and what he says. I find myself agreeing with most of what he writes.

  • im in the 18CMS i work on the heavys and so far so good i love it out here, and the okinawans are cool as hell my boxing trainer off base is the shyt, funny dude and he loves the fact im in the military. great food too jus expensive as hell lol

  • I leave to go to Kadena tommorrow to be stationed for two years. and things like this scares me because im amercan military but i have nothing against other cultures, i actually cant wait to learn more about Japan in general. but i here americans are hated by most there. i know i wont fit in well but i dont want to be hated because where i come from or the fact im military, im just doing my job

  • Most people aren't like that, I lived there for 5 years and this happened every so often. You'll fit in fine, and considering Kadena is as big as a town you will not need to live off base to do everything.

  • Okinawans as a whole are very respectful and polite. Don't believe into the hype that all Okinawans hate foreigners and you'll get nothing but shit for the time you're hear. I've been here for 9 months and its been one of the best experiences of my life.  What SQ are you PCSing to?

  • okinawans dont hate anyone... hell, the japanese dont hate anyone. in my opinion they are the most polite and respectful people in the world.

  • Thats not true, Okinawan's hate the Japanese. And the Japanese hate a lot of countries. Study up on the history of what Japan did to Okinawa.

  • er, study up to see what country okinawa is part of. oh wait ill do it for you, its Japan. lmfao

  • How do you like living in Kadena?

  • I can understand why there's a riot, but some people seem to be confused-- this is Uyoku running the protest, a group from the mainland. Okinawans typically don't openly incite massive outrages, despite any hidden anger. This group's always wantedAmericans out, and the raping (my friend knew the girl personally) just gave Uyoku an excuse to act. I've lived in Okinawa a long time, not anymore though and I have to say none of the native people there deserve this.

  • i remember this. i think it was on a sunday im not sure. but yeah it was pretty crazy hahah

  • who sayed all gaijin have to leave ......?

    YOU have to leave american english australian ......

    me i m fascisto as the,m i m italian :)

  • haha its camp lester. Man...i used to love those protests

  • I remember stuff like this near camp lester

  • I use to live there and loved it. The people are very nice. I understand why they feel this way, can you imagine if a foreign country had military bases in America?

  • all the troops should leave japan, all foreigners too, then we can all sit back and watch as china takes revenge

  • It's just the damn few knuckle heads fucking shit up for the Americans i'm not blind nor stupid and one-sided you are not all bad people, it's just the few who fuck it up for the many. To those I say , one incedent and your DONE!! It must be a priveleage to be able to live in so many countries across the world and I know those countries have thier share of probblems especially Germany and England. Don't FUCK it up for yourselves U can drink and party without becoming violent it's doable.

  • Shut the fuck up bitch. We can do whatever we want. Its the price you pay to sleep safely at night. If you dont like it go to north korea

  • your mother is a BITCH!! you fucking cock sucking faggot fuck! go take one in the ass like the your father used to train you to do. sleep safely my fucking ass, I don't see north Koreans killing and raping locals, and I for damn sure don't see north koreans driving drunk and severely injuring locals or other Americans for that matter. All I see is YOU!! You should change your name to the only faggot, no wait I already did it for you bitch.

  • Lemurai just because you have a small asian cock doesnt mean you can be all pissy towards americans. bitch we own you. and you say none of that stuff happens in north korea haha bitch why dont you go there you will get murdered just for being 1)japanese and 2) a homo.

  • first of all fucktard im not asian secondly, I've already be proven right by your undeniable ignorance and stupidity. I believe it's the other way around the Japanese own YOU and your just too stupid to see I understand given the complexity of economics you wouldn't see the big picture and granted the average GI is a dumbass. Isn't that why your in the military in the first place? What? your parents kick you out of the house, oh no money for school, or most likely too stupid get accepted to one.

  • We call your Kind SOFA bitches!! that means ownership = 0 dick in the ass command sponsored trash.

  • Our major import is from China so you can stop trying to sound smart. And anyways I would like to see you say that to a soldiers face. But your too much of a pussy and you have to go on the internet.

  • i'll say it to YOUR face and I can assure you i'm no 18 yr old you fuckin SOFA status BITCH!! Remember SOFA=you are shit no rights, A Japanese can basically fuck you over and you can't do a damn thing about it. Who owns who faggot.

  • Haha... do whatever YOU want? Then how come we are able to torture you when your dumb fuck self is arrested off base? I find it quite amusing actually, at least when it comes to assholes like yourself that deserve the pain. It's nice you help us out in WWII and help expand our otherwise obsolete economy but that doesn't give you a right to treat us like trash. You're on OUR property-- respect us or fucking leave.

  • Yea we can do whatever we want. It is our property now. If you want us to leave why dont you make us

  • I couldn't care less if the Americans stay or leave, but it'd be nice if defiant shit heads like you were never here at all.

  • Yea it would be nice if you werent there either

  • I love it here, it's my home and I've lived here most of my life-- you're the ones disturbing the peace and ruining it for the rest of the Americans who actually appreciate us. If you fucks don't like it here, buy a plane ticket and leave. Or better yet if you hate this place so much, learn to swim-- maybe someone will come by and take you where you want to go, maybe you'll just drown. Either way I won't care, just means there's one less aggravating American to deal with.

  • I like Okinawa I just hate the whining fags like you that ruin the experience. You get pissed because there are rude Americans. Youre such a faggot. There are rude Okinawans also just take a stroll down gate 2 street and you will realize fuckin faggot and enjoy that fuckin bananna show ya you got pervs also. Every country has rude people and laws broken it doesnt matter on nationality

  • Hah, calling me a fag, that's ironic. You act all special and important like you're heaven's gift, a deserving attention whore thinking you can claim everything you touch because your word possess so much power. And then you mean when all I ask for is some damn respect for my people. First get your facts straight, second quit acting like a jackass just because you believe you're better than everyone else.

  • Ok the first 2 sentences did not make sense at all. And you just sound dumb asking for respect. Do you just walk out on the street and some American disrespects you? I highly doubt that happens. You dont have much of an argument here youre just trying to blindly follow a rebelling path with no meaning. You have just lost.

  • It's really simple to figure out if you just pull your head out of your ass and stop being so fucking ignorant. It probably didn't make much sense because Youtube wouldn't let me finish what I was going to say. I tried posting and well it never did.

  • Face the facts, Raiyukazumori. Stop protesting against a meaningless cause. Faggot.

  • Find some other insult aside from faggot, look in urbandictionary if you have to. You and thedoublegent sound worse than a broken record. Cunt.

  • Reasons

    1) Japan invited the US military to maintain a constant presence and mandated a certain amount of troops to stay in Japan for protection of their country.

    2.) It saves Japan money by not having to build an expensive military when the US can fulfill that role.

    3.) It provides a constant presence for the US in the Pacific area to quickly respond to threats such as N. Korea or other smaller threats, as well as provide instant response for Humanitarian aid.

  • @ziptieddotcom Have you EVER TALKED TO AN OKINAWAN? They hate Japan and THe US. They Dont want to be called Japanese......they didnt ask 4 americans there. It is their island and not the greedy Americans. I'm so sick of European/ White Americans appropriating everything they see. GTFO the island. The only thing the Military provides for the island is RAPE OF THE OKINAWAN GIRLS BY IS SOLDIERS. I was there I know.

  • @mlbirdinground

    Sadly, you are pretty uninformed and it looks like you either jumped to your conclusion or are just spouting off ignorance. I've been living here for 11yrs, Okinawa is my home. My wife and kids are all Okinawan.

  • @ziptieddotcom LOL......ok...so your wife and kids are Okinawan! Want a cookie? Are you of Okinawan Ethnic Heritage? Jumped to my conclusion.....I lived there for 7 years...between 1990-1997......I studied Shorin Ryu under MAster Kise! I understand the Okinawan protests because they dont want you there......just like we dont want you here on our island you call USA. All you do is take....and now you think Okinawa is your home....its called appropriation! You've appropriated their island..GTFO

  • @mlbirdinground they also provide alot of income so saying that all the military provides is rape of okinawan girls is a gross over exaggeration because i was there when that happened too, you cant blame the entire military for one dumbasses action. 

  • @mlbirdinground same, I was in oki for 3 1/2 years and plan to go back with my okinawa wife and kids. Never heard much about rape cases but I did hear that some okinawa women call rape because they regret the night because the male wasent cuddling. Heard that from a lawyer out there who said that was the reason for those cases that she ran into.

  • @bboyquest9 interesting point sir. The nones i wrote about were of actual young girls...like 14yrs old.

  • I have a question, other than annexation from the US after WWII, what are the purposes of the bases?

  • To all who read my question, I show no political stance towards the Ryukyuans (Okinawa) or towards the American Military. But I can tell you this, Okinawa was originally a independent country, known as the Ryukyu Kingdom. The only reason why it became integrated with Japan is because the Japanese invaded the island prior around the 17th century. By the 20th century, the Japanese military had forced okinawans to fight by conscripting them into the army, just like they conscripted the Koreans...

  • (Continued) in WWII, during Japanese annexation of Korea. Culturally, Okinawan cultures is very different from Japan,as their cultures are very similar to China (as there were diplomatic missions to Ming China). Now lets get to the present. Okinawa is annexed. Some people don't understand that Ryukyuans are not technically Japanese. Jimwimmer's comment is very true, as Ryukyuans are kind people and wish no harm towards the US army. Oh and by the way, to the comments I have read earlier...

  • What gives you all the right to treat another human being cruelly? Your attitudes is exactly what incites war and these kind of protests in other occupied nations. But, if you feel what you believe in is justified, I won't stop you all. Like I said, I'm neutral between Ryukyuans and the US Army (My cousin is serving in Iraq and I'm partly Japanese). But think how the people would feel if there were people like you and abused you that way. So my question is. What are the purposes of the bases?

  • Most recent example is US aid to China and Burma and Indonesia. It ALL came from bases in Okinawa and has been doing so for years.

    also.. see my reply at the top

  • Truth is the US is there to watch Japan so pearl harbor doesnt happen again. There is really no need for bases there only for the secure feeling knowing the japan doesnt have anything under their sleeves.

  • I was in the US Air Force stationed at Kadena from 1980 - 1983. During that time the Okinawans and American forces got along very well. I was treated extemely kindly by the Okinawans when I lived off base. It is a shame that the behavior of a few bad apples has done so much harm to the relationship betwenn the Americans and Okinawans. I cannot blame them for how they feel and I hope things change for the better in the future.

  • have someone in kadena run all of them over!

  • Hell ya

  • Fuck dumbass spread out the bases evenly? The last leg of war was in okinawa.Shit okinawa was U.S territory then too.Okinawa was flattened by bombs then and nothing was here.Whats done is done. There is only one new base thats gonna be built.Since the war at least 10 bases have been returned to okinawa. Okinawa can never live without the bases since its economy was started by it. It will be eternity and then some before it can be done in a way that okinawa is independent from Japan.

  • where are you getting billion from your a joke!Name one pacific island.Haha 1.3million yeah right.This place has the worst of everything and everybodies main concern is get rid of the only stable thing here the bases. Okinawa will always be a cripled economy.Okinawa worst education,drop out rate,drunk driving,non social security investing the list goes on and on.Every Okinawan person I know doesn't have a 401k or a retirement plan.Yeah okinawa and its people are well off.You lived here how long?

  • The Okinawans are not "commies." You have to be pretty ignorant to believe that. Furthermore, you can't blame them for being angry: while Okinawa is a tiny part of Japan, the large majority of US airbases are stationed in Okinawa. The US should say to Japan "if you want us to stay, then spread the bases out evenly." As it is, the Japanese government makes the minority Okinawans take the brunt so that "mainland" Japanese don't have to deal with it.

  • Okinawas economy is rock bottom of japan. They want the americans to leave? Do you know how much U.S. military spends on the economy? 10,410 U.S. military members live off base. They spend 49 million dollars on rent alone for the houses a year. That is just housing. Does that give you a small clue on what U.S. presence contributes to the economy.

  • Yes, the American military contributes to the Okinawan economy. But, they also make a lot of money from tourism, fishing, traditional agriculture, etc., and the US bases detract from those things.

  • Lisen don't bother me with your rederick. Make money off of tourism? Get real its nothing. Fishing agriculture is only local sales not national. The base doesn't detract from it period. 49 million on just housing is gonna kill your petty arguement of what you listed. There is no money here.Why do you think the youth are leaving okinawa to work in mainland Japan for? MONEY.there is no natural resources here making it a dead end. Don't talk to me like I don't know or an a foreigner.I was born here

  • Like most other beautiful Pacific island regions, Okinawa should have no problem prospering without being stuck with 75% of the US military bases in Japan. As for "rederick" I'm fairly sure that this word does not exist.

  • ...oh yeah, and 49 million dollars is a drop in the bucket for a prefecture with 1.3 million people. That works out to to be about a measly forty bucks per year per resident of Okinawa, even if the money was somehow going directly to the Okinawan people. Just off the top of my head, I'd guess that Okinawa makes a few billion a year off tourism alone.

  • Where the hell did you get 10,410 from? That is an extreme exaggeration. Your just a homo trying to sound smart

  • Wow wasted education. Fine example you are. What did you think I came up with that number? I got it from the department of defense. Its actually a understandment idiot. 10,410 is just the people who actually get cola. Do you even know what that is? POST all you want fag. When you reply it gets sent to your email and just bothers me. Your 18 go back to getting ready for your future at flipping burgers. I like that you said Japs and niggers are stupid. Ha your a good example of what are against.

  • The truth is...to put in perspective;the bases gets 10 time more people coming on base during America fest and all the other base open door festivals than any lame protest. They pack out the numbers with mainland lost soul students, little kids and jobless.

    festivals.... 10s of thousands

    Protests......Thousands

  • Instead of searching for self-righteous reasons for being there....Just leave.

  • Why do you say that? Before you answer that I was born there, I lived there and I'm Japanese American. There is a reason for American's being there.

  • "Dete Ike" means "Get Out" in Japanese...for the benefit of those that don't know the language. Of course those commies want US out.

  • japs ARENT commies and where did u get the idea dat they r commies??;

  • "Life should be lived in peace, but peace is not lived in life...when will it start?"-Guido

    They planes will not stop flying until the threat is gone and peace is found.

  • The Japs need to realize how much the American's play a huge role on there Island along with how safe they are cause of Kadena. What happen in the past with the bombing and the war, was do to ignorense and miss communication on both sides.

  • Yeah I know miss communications is a mother ain't it. Let me correct your miss communication error; the word is pronounced Japanese, not Japs.

  • Yes I agree with you. Because "Jap" is a dregatory term, not the common English Language. Alohatj is right, because I'm sure we are all more mature than that.

  • Stop right there! First lets look at this video. Uyoku protesting they want all foreigners to leave. They want Japan and okinawa to revert to a monarchy time. People in the background are mostly from Mainland Japan protesting because the leftwing actually funds there protest. Look at it like this I protest for a day and get a free vacation trip to Okinawa. If you had to ask about what's the purpose of the bases your blind as the rest. Okinawas economy is a criple and needs the bases as well.

  • Like nigger

  • Its ok to think that way. But once you broadcast it out for all to see and hear, you are really the one everyone views as stupid. Thank you for letting me know how stupid you are with your comments. Have a great day 18 year old.

  • your a bitch....

  • Crackers are stuipid

  • First off Kadena isn't going any where; and second the protest do play a huge role. The main reason they protest is simply cause they are misinformed on why Kadena is there.

  • I think, it is really funny reading the comments. It sounds like kid's with no education are writing them. I have one question, "Did any one of you commenting ever get an education?" WTF?

  • these niggaz is gay dey need to stop being in da U.S. if dey dont want us, wait i think i see jackie chan

  • lol dont tell imperial bitch that he start lecturin yo ass

  • You're retarded as fuck. If you don't want Asians in the US then go back to Africa yourself you piece of shit. I bet dumb tards like you were probably born out of someone's asshole anyway.

  • nigga shut yo bitch ass up u prolly aint even live on okinawa like i did mothafucka so shut yo white ass up for i put da 38 snub in yo mouth fuck boi

  • Umm yeah. I'm Okinawan and Filipino so I don't want to hear any of your shit. I still live on Okinawa in Kitanakagusuku if you even know where that is. It's retarded gaijin like you is why some uchinas want your kind to leave.

  • Shut the fuck up bitch. You sound fucking stupid trying to support Okinawa and shit protesting and be dumb fucks. You get mad when someone goes off base and breaks the law...BITCH people break the law everywhere. Rape, theft, murder, etc. get the fuck over it if some military personel do it to. They are human also its not like they are perfect gods.

  • You sound stupid period. When you narcissists cross the line and think you're better than everyone else, you get punished. "It's the same way everywhere," as you put it. Okinawa is probably the most peaceful place in the world with lots of people and you imbeciles think such sick and twisted behavior is allowed.

  • Its unintelligent unexperienced people like you that havent seen anywhere else in the world that are the dumb fucks and dont understand

  • I'm sure most people in America are ashamed of calling you one of them anyway and I would tell you to keep your STDs in your own country but they wouldn't want you there either so go kill yourself in a war or something if all you're gonna do is bitch about being there.

  • Well since all you have left are insults I guess that means you realized you lost

  • I'M full of insults? Your name should be "theonlyhypocrite" because this comment screams it. "Shut the fuck up bitch. You sound fucking stupid trying to support Okinawa and shit protesting and be dumb fucks." How often did you say "fuck?" You can't even come up with a legitimate excuse as to why you guys haven't repeatedly screwed up. It doesn't matter if it's "one rape" or whatever, it adds up. The problem is, you don't learn your lesson. And some of us are thinking if not now, you never will.

  • God you just sound more stupid every time. When an Okinawan breaks the law you dont care because there are many okinawans and it is your island but when a foreigner breaks the law you get all pissy. Dude foreigners are human and can screw up also so once humanity stops breaking laws I guess we will also but until then stop whining you dumb fuck and open your eyes.

  • You sound extremely stupid. He said all you have are insults which your last comment did. Stop complaining about Americans. They can mess up like anyone else on any country the same goes for any other nationality. Youre side of the arguement is so stupid

  • Where did you get the theonly from? His name says thefinalgent. That is a different person.

  • Look at his other log in name. And I'm not complaining about Americans, I'm saying some of them are ungrateful pricks like them who feel they can do whatever the hell they want. If he feels that way, they don't HAVE to be there. Why don't you open your eyes; if someone is bashing your people because they're taking critical action to such an action from a certain group, wouldn't you feel the same way? I don't even care that it was an American that did it, regardless it's still a disgrace.

  • And who are you to accuse me of saying such things? I never said an Okinawan can commit the same crime and I wouldn't care. We can rape another of our kind and I'd still be flustered by it, it's simply that there's more focus on foreigner action, and thus, more enmity tied into the situation. My main gripe is that theonly/final/whoevergent acts like it's no big deal, and that they can do whatever they want without worry of consequence, and that isn't true.

  • those pops stores arnt gone

    there plenty of them in the back streets

    you just have to look for them

    theres at least four within a mile radius out gate one

    but family mart is awsome

  • Don't believe me that it damages the Okinawan economy? Well when I grew up here there were all these privately owned mom and pops stores. Almost all of them are gone cause. What happened? Family Mart,Hot Spar,Lawsons. Go to Okinawa city or Koza and the small mall thing are 80-90% closed up. Why big Mainland Japanese companies adn supermarkets.

  • For those who don't know Shintoshin,Oroku,and Hamby were American bases. They gave it back and now the land owners sold the land to Japanese companies. So the money spent there doesn't circulate on okinawa and get deposited in a Japanese bank in Japan.

  • As a civilian living in Okinawa and married to an Okinawan, I completely agree that many of the bases here should be shut down. The first thing I would close would be the Awase Meadows golf course. Why does the USMC need its own golf course when they could just go a few miles down the road and use the one on Kadena? That is extremely selfish!

  • Whoa whoa whoa don't jump the gun here. As a civillian born and raised here. Politics here are crazy. Also very money hungry selfish assholes who only want to line their own pockets and fuck everyone else over. By the way Awase is moving out and guess what. Like I said they land owners are selling the land to a Japanese supermarket that will only drain the okinawan economy more.

  • what a bunch of fuckin losers. Did you know most of those people aren't even okinawians. Okinawa is a bunch of bullshit.biased government. Don't give me any of that crap of you don't know I have lived here this long. Fuckin worst enconmy in Japan , worst hight school drop out ever the list is on and on. This place is a dead end street.

  • If you guys haven't noticed, those black vans with the flags painted on them belong to the Nationalist Party.

    Also, remember, Okinawans aren't Japanese. In fact, Okinawans [not every Okinawan] have their own Quebec Bloc party...where they want independence. Nationalists, however primarily Japanese, are very much against the US in Japan..but..

    Let's face it, the Nationalists are pretty fucking dumb.

  • Learn your fucking shit before you criticize. Most of the Okinawans HATE the Japanese, with good reason. I hate dimwitted people like you who are so ignorant and jump to conclusions just because you believe America is better. What it all pans down to-- the Okinawans just want peace among them and the Americans as they realize they need them there for their economy to flourish. Otherwise it will plunge into despair. Blame the Nationalists for this dilemma.

  • Hey okinawan american soldiers. you don't need to care that. i'm okinawan but i like y'all. they're stupid and crazy, never mind that.

  • that looked like it was right out gate 3 maby, didnt seem to long ago because it looked like the new gate was built there. what where they protesting about anyways?

  • Whether these people like it or not, the US cannot leave that Okinawa base. Its stratigically one of thier most important bases to counter chinese or north korean threat to Japan. Easy to understand why they protest its because they dont really understand the importance of US presence there. I would do the same if everyday loud planes flew over my house while i was sleeping.

  • That plane flying over everyday is crap. I can go right now to there would be no planes flying. That whole story is just a ploy to complain about the base.

  • Okay if that is how you feel. I feel otherwise though!

  • Yeah Right do you live here? Alot of Americans live off base and eat at Japanese resturant, where do you think we get our cars from when we are over here? And the bars/clubs are run by Local Nationals. Trust me ALOT of money comes from the Americans, I know!!! :)

  • Yes, i live here in Okinawa. I've lived in Japan for over 8yrs. Half of the bar/cub owners on gate 2 street are owned by foreigners, not Japanese/Okinawan, mostly Filipino's. The cars are very cheap pieces of crap, and most of the car dealers surrounding the bases are also owned by foreigners. The Okinawa economy is already crap, but it would recover very quickly if the bases left.

  • Honestly if The US would pull out of Okinawa/Japan, the economy would go to poo and Korea would just come knocking on the door. Alot of Okinawans like Americans and want us here (yes I live on Kadena) we supply jobs and TONS of money to the businesses. So there!!!

  • Not really, that was true more then 10yrs ago, but not today. The modern Okinawa economy is more dependent on Japanese money from mainland then the little US money we bring in. The most the American bring in is Housing. The Air Force and Americans pay lots of housing costs for living off base. The local national workers are paid by Japanese Government. If we all left, Okinawa could recover quickly, especially with the mass building and tourist surge that would result.

  • What are the Uyoku doing in Okinawa ?

  • yo man i live on camp foster we bombed the shit out of these people they should leave not us

  • WHAT!?!?!?! Are you kidding me!?!?! This is THEIR country, not ours!!! And you don't know your history very well, the Okinawans weren't the ones fighting the US in WW2, it was the Japanese from mainland. The Okinawans just got stuck in the middle.

    I really hope your kidding and I hope your ignorant view is not representing young Marines today, if so, then it's a very sad day for the Marines as well as the US.

  • well tough shit. GO USN AND WSMC

  • Badlamon, you are a retard. And not just a standard retard, but a helmet-wearing, drool-on-yourself, short-bus style retard.

    Okinawa never wanted to be a part of WW2 or Japan; the Japanese forced them into it. Understand!?

    The right thing for America to do back in the 1970s would have been to give Okinawa its independence back. Because America is all about freedom, right?

    You disgust me and don't deserve to wear the uniform. Read your Constitution, son.

  • no i understand but it we have land from islands that we attacked y cant we have this one

  • If the U.S gave Okinawa back to a Fabled Idependent Okinawan country it would have been a disaster. Do you know what Okinawa was even like before the war? Primitive! My grandfather rode an ox driven car to town to sell vegitables in a Kimono! Okinawa would have been a 3rd world shit whole. They are border line now. Okinawa has no valueable resourses like timber,oil, maybe fishing but then they would have over fished the crap out of this place. Why do you think the dugong is almost extinct?

  • How about the US give Okinawa back to Japan. We all know (or atleast everyone with a brain knows) that making Okinawa it's own country again spells financial disaster.

  • Lets not get into that Okinawa was not part of Japan. That whole thing is old. Okinawa has been a apart of Japan before even American was formed. If okinawa feels like it was so independent why wasn't there ever and revolt against Japan? Okinawa has always been controlled by some other country. Look at its culture looks like some chinese hybrid to me.

  • Hey "fullmetalstriker" -

    You dont seem to know much about Okinawa - you probably shouldnt comment on it...

  • Don't seem to know much about Okinawa?hahahah fuckin Okinawans don't even know much about their own past. They don't even know the fabled royal bloodline is. Maybe you should listen to your own advice. Your out gunned here.

  • You are an idiot.

    If there was ever a real battle between the americans and the Okinawans, I think we would all know who would win..... maybe the people that invented Shorin-Ryu Karate??

    You cowards love to hide behind tanks & bombs..

  • Your crazy. you make it sound like everyone knew Karate. Then why didn't they win agains Japan when they even had a so called Kingdom. They had armies and swords ect....

  • They were out-numbered, Fullmetal-asshole.

  • Fuck off dipshit. Out numbered my ass!The so called Invader(Japanese) back then came by boat. So Okinawa versus boat loads of Japanese and lost. Hahahah I got your Karate right here.

  • I mean shouldn't.

  • I had a feeling the Okinawans felt this way, I am at Kadena right now. I really do think we should have bases here.

  • You think we SHOULD or SHOULDN'T?

    I personally don't see the need for it. There are enough at other locations. Waste of money and negative impact on surrounding people/towns.

  • o i was der 4 dis shit lol that was funni

    they were all mad cause of the noise and shit...well it is an air base..sooooo yea

  • The point being thez DONT WANT THE BASE THERE any more, with or without noise..

    The Okinawans need autonomy..

  • well its not going anywhere so they get over it

  • I hope it gets shut down, and all the US military personnel gets kicked the fuck out of Ryukyu, forever.

  • GOOD SO I CAN GO THE FUK HOME

  • Exactly.