U.S. forces ignore residents' concern to resume live-fire drills

The U.S. Marines at Okinawa's Camp Schwab resumed live-fire exercises on February 21, seven months after they suspended them following a misfiring incident in which stray bullets went into farmland in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture last July.

The U.S. forces ignored local residents' concerns for their safety when they decided on the resumption of exercises using live shells, thus causing protests from Okinawa Prefectural and Nago City governments. (selfish americans dont care about anything except themself.)

On the day before, the U.S. forces resumed the exercises, the Nago City Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that the restart of the live-fire training be canceled. Okinawa Governor Inamine Keiichi expressed his regret over the action.

The secretary general of the Okinawa Peace Committee complained, "The U.S. forces always promise to take preventive measures, but their word has never prevented a recurrence of crimes and accidents by U.S. forces. They're always putting us in harms way. We want such dangerous training immediately ended." (end) (It is because they have no INTENTION of being safe around japanese people. They will make up all kinds of crazy lies so they can stay longer.)

http://www.japan-press.co.jp/2323/live.html

This is yet ANOTER example of americans military disregard for japanese safety! They dont give a damn. They dont act so wreckless in america they should not do so in japan. This is yet ANOTER reason why they should get the hell out!

As much as I hate the US military, I hate the JPN people even more for tolerating them and doing nothing about it. That is why this $hit keeps on happening. Why couldn't JPN be like IRAQ? Now that would teach em.

It's not that simple. If Japan retaliates to the US, this means an immediate economic/trade doom. And Japan relies on trade more than anything else.

Japan would be starving without the US (not being biased, but that's really the truth) like they did right before WWII

Well lets be reasonable. Japan is not going to start a guerilla war with the americans in the year 2004. It just isnt going to happen. The most realisitic way to get them out is through protest, defiance and public opinion.