[napscoordinator]

Yes I hope that every person survives and that the damage is minimal, but sometimes I really think that they are awful because they are always yelling for Americans to get off “their” island.

[GraceG]

[ but sometimes I really think that they are awful because they are always yelling for Americans to get off “their” island. ]

Who’s Island is it supposed to be?

[Vigilanteman]

In general, Okinawans are not anti-American. Just anti-rapist and anti-criminal. Too many of our military people, fueled by alcohol and hormones engage in this type of activity. Even though it is a tiny percentage of our military people on Okinawa, it is a large percentage of the total crime.

Many people in Okinawa work on and provide services to our military bases there. More than a few are married to Americans either now or formerly stationed there.

The United States would be wise to further disperse military bases off Okinawa and in to other, especially rural, areas of Japan where they would be more welcome. The military would also be wise to post the few dredges of the military community elsewhere.