We don't need submarines built for war. Those are the two most-recent focal points of Japanese resentment against the U.S. military a series of alleged crimes by U.S. forces and the recent sinking of a training trawler by a U.S. nuclear submarine.
Armies never bring peace.
Then they handed a U.S. Embassy official a letter to President Bush, demanding he pull out Marines based on the southern island of Okinawa, where most American military personnel in Japan are stationed. The tense situation wasn't improved any when earlier this month Japanese news media got their hands on an internal e-mail message in which Lt. And for the first time, Okinawa's governor, Keiichi Inamine, has said he wants to see U.S. forces there reduced. Your e-mail address will be used for News Alerts only. No spamming or sharing e-mail address with others.