Posted on 08/15/2004 7:39:57 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
U.S. wants to begin moving Army corps HQ to Japan in Nov
Monday, August 16, 2004 at 07:20 JST
WASHINGTON — The United States has told Japan it wants to begin transferring the headquarters of the U.S. Army's I Corps from Fort Lewis, Washington, to Camp Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, in November, sources close to Japan-U.S. relations said Sunday.
Tokyo appears cautious about the U.S. proposal, which involves completing the transfer by April 2006, especially as the Japanese government is already faced with strong opposition from local authorities where U.S. camps and bases involved in the global realignment plan are located. (Kyodo News)
Why are they doing this? Do they really think war with China will happen sometime, maybe 2008-2010??
you can't defeat china with a conventional ground army, even ours. they could toss 10 million troops at us in the blink of an eye.
Seems wierd to me to move military command into the gun sights of North Korea's nuclear arsenal. Course that's no more wierd that our leaders allowing that commant to be targeted in Washington by the likes of North Korea. We are living in a much more complex world folks, and it seems to me our leaders are making it more complex by passive behavior.
Maybe they have in mind for I Corps to replace Eighth Army as the ground force HQ in the Western Pacific. The US Army in Korea is going to be shrinking. The 2nd Brigade, 2ID that went to Iraq probably will not return to Korea.
Ever play RISK?
This seems designed to close in on China. We are moving forces out of Europe, maybe they will go to Asia?
aaahh!!
Todays date happens to be the start of the Berlin Wall construction in 1961.
Thanks, btw- I got a new tagline
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