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China-Japan-Koreas
Japan MPs vow to oust US forces
2009-09-05
Newly elected Japanese legislators from Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) have promised to press for the removal of US military units from the southern island of Okinawa.

All five Okinawa politicians said they were opposed to a deal between the US and Japan regarding the Futenma air base in their region. The legislators promised to press for the transfer of American air bases outside of Okinawa or overseas.
No problem. Guam here we come. You deal with the Chinese on your own. They haven't forgotten the 1930s ...
The lawmakers emphasized that thousands of US Marines and their families should be moved to the US Pacific island territory of Guam.
"Just over the horizon", as the Dhimmicrats say ...
Washington has said it has no intention to renegotiate the Futenma replacement facility plan or Guam relocation. "The United States has no intention to renegotiate the Futenma replacement facility plan or Guam relocation with the government of Japan," State department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.
Please, Bambi will cave in an hour ...
DPJ made history on Sunday with an overwhelming victory in the election. DPJ won 300 seats in the 480-seat lower house, ending half a century of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rule.

Japan's new Premier-designate Yukio Hatoyama has also insisted that his DJP party will question the role of thousands of US troops deployed throughout Japan under a post World War II security pact.

The new Japanese new prime minister is said to be a strong critic of what he calls Tokyo's 'subservient position to Washington'.

Hatoyama had regularly criticized the pro-US ruling party for joining in refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of the US-led forces in Afghanistan.

Hatoyama has also vowed to pursue new politics that would take Tokyo away from the 'excesses of US-style capitalism'.

"As a result of the failure of the Iraq war and the financial crisis, the era of US-led globalism is coming to an end," Hatoyama wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times last week.
Again, no problem, I'm sure your neighbors won't be upset if you revive the Imperial Japanese Navy. You know, to protect your sea lanes ...
Posted by:Fred

#15  Roosevelt Road anyone?

Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-09-05 16:07  

#14  Blondie,
I'm afraid this time they're serious.

Actually, I'd like to see us move from Okinawa to a larger island so we could have more land and fewer people next to our bases.

But that will never happen with this crew.
Posted by: Frozen Al   2009-09-05 15:48  

#13  Parabellum, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Posted by: WolfDog   2009-09-05 11:59  

#12  Are they serious, or do they just want more rent?
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-09-05 10:38  

#11  ...obviously he doesn't read the Rant.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-09-05 10:21  

#10  "As a result of the failure of the Iraq war..."

Say What?
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-09-05 09:29  

#9  Has been for a long time. Their demographics have totally tanked, young women are refusing to get married until/unless the restrictive social roles for women loosen, they are facing heavy competition in technology industries and they lack natural resources to sustain their own economy.

The left wing party does not IIUC have its base in the older voters but in the young who grew up during the stagnant 90s. The kind who don't blink at a first lady who alleges a UFO ride to a green and lovely Venus.
Posted by: lotp   2009-09-05 09:09  

#8  Japan's political system is in shambles and their elites are looking for a diversion.
Posted by regular joe

Them too?
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-09-05 09:05  

#7  Japan's political system is in shambles and their elites are looking for a diversion.
Posted by: regular joe   2009-09-05 09:02  

#6  So long and thanks for all the fish sushi.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-09-05 08:53  

#5  Let's make sure to get out of Korea first.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-09-05 08:14  

#4  It's their own grave if they do. Without them China can play all sorts of alliance-splitting games. And China is nobody's friend - if you're a Chinese ally, then you're bowing down and acknowledging the superior master.
Posted by: gromky   2009-09-05 06:34  

#3  If the US leaves, it would have to take that floating X-band radar with it. Imagine the joy the next time the Norks would fire a missile towards Japan.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-09-05 01:07  

#2  Oh, and a 50% tariff. Wouldn't want to sully them globalization or US-style capitalism.
Posted by: ed   2009-09-05 00:33  

#1  Obama and his Marxist cronies plan to reduce the US military by 40% and from 11 to 8 carriers. Removing US Forces Japan will go a long way to covering the shortfall.

It will be easy as pie to get the Americans to leave (just ask) and near impossible to return.
Posted by: ed   2009-09-05 00:29  

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