琉球大学の下地良男名誉教授の投書がニューヨークタイムズに掲載されています。
The U.S. Air Base on Okinawa
Published: May 28, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/opinion/lweb29japan.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
“Japan Relents on U.S. Base on Okinawa, Reneging on a Campaign Promise” (news article, May 24) characterizes Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s announcement that the United States Marine Air Station Futenma would be moved to northern Okinawa - as originally agreed to - as “a victory for the Obama administration and a humiliating setback for Mr. Hatoyama.”
Obviously, in this squabbling, the Hatoyama administration succumbed to the Obama administration’s all-out pressure to stick to a 2006 bilateral agreement. Mr. atoyama had raised Okinawans’ expectations during the last election campaign by saying that Futenma’s functions must be moved away from Okinawa.
The Obama administration should remember, however, that its victory is self-defeating as well because it contradicts the principle of democracy that Washington advocates in dealing with “undemocratic” and “unenlightened” nations.
The overwhelming majority of Okinawans are opposed to any plan to keep the base on Okinawa, as Washington is fully aware. How dare Mr. Obama ask Mr. Hatoyama o act without regard to the wishes of his compatriots?
Yoshio Shimoji
Naha, Okinawa, May 24, 2010
Published: May 28, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/opinion/lweb29japan.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
“Japan Relents on U.S. Base on Okinawa, Reneging on a Campaign Promise” (news article, May 24) characterizes Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s announcement that the United States Marine Air Station Futenma would be moved to northern Okinawa - as originally agreed to - as “a victory for the Obama administration and a humiliating setback for Mr. Hatoyama.”
Obviously, in this squabbling, the Hatoyama administration succumbed to the Obama administration’s all-out pressure to stick to a 2006 bilateral agreement. Mr. atoyama had raised Okinawans’ expectations during the last election campaign by saying that Futenma’s functions must be moved away from Okinawa.
The Obama administration should remember, however, that its victory is self-defeating as well because it contradicts the principle of democracy that Washington advocates in dealing with “undemocratic” and “unenlightened” nations.
The overwhelming majority of Okinawans are opposed to any plan to keep the base on Okinawa, as Washington is fully aware. How dare Mr. Obama ask Mr. Hatoyama o act without regard to the wishes of his compatriots?
Yoshio Shimoji
Naha, Okinawa, May 24, 2010
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| 2010-05-31 17:57
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