[Site Fwd] [Peace Philosophy Center] Armitage says new base plan in Okinawa may be impossible [평화 철학 센터] 아미타지, 오키나와의 새로운 기지 건설 불가능할 지 모름 암시

* Thanks to S. N. and M. S.

Peace Philosophy Center
Friday, September 17, 2010
Armitage says new base plan in Okinawa may be impossible
アーミテージは「名護市議選もあったし、沖縄県知事選によっては普天間移設は無理になるかもしれない」と言っているが主要メディアは完全無視

* For the whole Japanese script, click the above original link.

'See bottom for a brief description in English, and a YouTube link to Richard Armitage's talk at Japan Press Club on September 15, 2010.



What I wrote here basically is about the fact that the mainstream Japanese all ignored that Armitage said that, given the recent Nago election and depending on the result of Okinawa gubernatorial election in November, a replacement base for Futenma in Okinawa may be impossible. Ryukyu Shimpo and Okinawa Times reported it, but the mainland media all ignored that part and focussed on one thing, which is that China is testing Japan by showing stern attitudes towards Japanese arrest of the Chinese fishing boat that collided with Japan's Coast Guard patroll ship near Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. Now that the "deterrence" of marines and Okinawa's "geopolitical" advantage to deal with the "North Korea threat" are becoming ever unconvincing, this incident came in a perfect timing for those who want to increase the perception of the"threat of China," to justify perpetuation the US military base presence in Okinawa and the Henoko base construction.

Information about Richard Armitage on Schema-root.org
http://schema-root.org/region/americas/north_america/usa/government/officials/richard_armitage/

Richard Armitage

State; Deputy Secretary a former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ambassador to the Newly Independent States after the fall of the Soviet Union, in recent years Armitage has combined a lucrative consulting business - through his firm, Armitage Associates - with seats in many prominent corporate boardrooms, including Raytheon and Mantech International. His company's clients have included multimillion-dollar defense contractors such as Boeing, Science Application International Corporation, and Halliburton subsidiary Brown & Root, as well as financial powerhouses Goldman Sachs and Chase Manhattan. Armitage also owns Rubaiyat Trading, a business entity created to own a Cessna Citation private aircraft valued at somewhere between $1 million and $5 million. He also has stakes in partnerships involved in everything from publishing to commercial real estate, and has personally invested millions in companies such as Pfizer, Chase Manhattan and American International Group.'