Here is
another proposal: bring in the IAEA for inspections. No independent
organization has verified U.S. claims to no longer be storing nuclear
weapons in Japan. On the model of Iran, if full inspections are not
permitted by, say, Thursday, or even if they are, we should seriously
consider launching preemptive strikes against ourselves. The
Constitution that the United States imposed on Japan 65 years ago
forbids war preparation, yet the United States trains its forces in
Japan to fight wars elsewhere in the world. Are we spreading democracy
or hypocrisy? Are we building trust or animosity?
Ikemiyagi
says democracy requires U.S. withdrawal from Okinawa. As with the
location of nuclear power plants in Japan, he says, the Japanese
government wants the military bases out of sight. If Tokyo wants bases,
he says, then put them in Tokyo. The people of Okinawa have had
enough.
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David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online (
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