u.s. military facilities are imposing on people in okinawa. reiterate my determination to reduce the burden on the prefecture quickly, visibly, and specifically while maintaining the deterrents. >> the remarks by u.s. ambassador to japan john roos touched on the impact the military presence has had in okinawa. >> as it has in the past, our alliance continues to be indispensable to our future, and we, as americans, recognize the sacrifices the people of okinawa have made to keep this critical alliance strong. >> for many islanders, the return of okinawa offers the promise of stability and basic human rights under the japanese constitution, however, some also say it marked the beginning of another age of hardship. nhk world met with a man who led a protest movement in the 1990s aimed at getting american military bases out of the prefecture. he gave us his take on life in okinawa since the 1972 handover. >> now, 86 years old, ota served as okinawa governor from 1990 to 1998. after surviving the war, he devoted hisself mself to studie try and under

u.s. military bases. we believe that local people will be protected by the japanese defense forces, but we -- japanese defense forces soldiers killed the local people. they ordered mothers to kill child simply to keep quiet, you know, so they would find out by the enemy forces. such terrible things which we never dreamed of even. so we're very much disappointed. the big lesson, that the military does not protect the civilians. >> reporter: ohta is disappointed. which could lead to the permanent establishment of bases in okinawa. >> japanese central government always say that the u.s. -- security is so important. it's national interest of japan. and in order to maintain the peace and security of the asia-pacific regions, u.s. military bases on okinawa are indispensable. however, even though they insist that it is so important in its national interest, japan does not want to bring in the military bases into your backyard, you know? >> reporter: what do you think about that? >> this is nonsense for us, becau

u.s. military bases on okinawa are indispensable. however, even though they insist that the u.s./japan treaty is so important, in its national interest, the rest of mainland japan does not want to bring in the military bases into their own backyard, you know. >> reporter: what do you think about that? >> this is nonsense for us, because if it's national interest, you know, they should share the burden and also the obligation under the name of democracy. you know, democracy, majority rules, you know. so the ma minority loss and the problem will not be solved unless those majority pay attention or take okinawa programs, their own programs. >> reporter: ohta says an increase in the number of young islanders who can clearly say no to what they see as an unfair burden could achieve an okinawa without bases. >> we watch the college situation among the local youngsters. voices of okinawa should be independent, if the central government tries okinawan people as they used to will you do there any longer the central government has to listen to the minority groups people like okinawan peopl

u.s. military bases. we believe that the okinawan people will be protected by the japanese defense forces, but we -- japanese defense force soldiers killed the local people. they ordered mothers to kill their child simply to keep quiet so that they didn't find out by the enemy forces. such terrible things which we never dreamed of even. so we are very much disappoint ed. we learned a big lesson that the military does not protect the civilians when the war occurs. >> ohta is frustrated by the indifference of the majority of japanese towards the u.s. military presence which could lead to the permanent establishment of bases in okinawa. >> japanese center always say the security is so important. it's in the national interest of japan. and in order to maintain the peace and security of the asia pacific regions, u.s. military bases on okinawa are indispensable. however, even though they insist that the security is so important in its national intere interest, they do not want to bring in the military bases to

u.s. military buildup in the pacific. russia warns it could make a preemptive strike against nato as a parent missile defense shield for europe if the u.s. press ahead with the project despite moscow's objections. up next the hidden purposes and secret strategies of a global u.s. military facilities and the risks for the countries hosting them. beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that new liberal globalization with its built in self.

u.s. has built dozens of military bases in iraq in two thousand and eight the u.s. and iraqi governments signed an agreement that states that all foreign troops should leave the country by two thousand and eleven. the agreement also says that the u.s. will not seek permanent basis or a permanent military presence in iraq. obama secretary of defense robert gates though has stated that even after two thousand and eleven he expects to see several tens of thousands of american troops as part of a residual force in iraq hence many fear that iraq may be used as a launching pad for future wars in the region. that in fact bases created. response to an imminent threat have ended up becoming permanent jaeger garcia for example born in the context of the cold war is still operational and has played a crucial role in the iraq will be sede to. feasibility study you know the ins and outs say for the people to go if they are to return they are made the thing is americans are living they are paying to they have to follow they i and i and i you going ahead like the island. and i'm e

u.s. military buildup in the pacific. russia warns it could make a preemptive strike against nato as planned missile defense shield for europe if the u.s. press ahead with the project despite moscow's objections. next the hidden purposes and secret strategies of a global u.s. military facilities around the risks for the country's hosting them. beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that mere liberal globalisation with its built in self regulating mechanisms would finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and would usher the planet into a new era of relative peace and prosperity free trade will bring on the great depression nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that believed to be largely a myth. but many signs were already there markets have always relied on state power and military might. america's transformation from republic to economic superpower following world war two was accompanied by the creation of a global network of military bases unlike a

u.s. military claims it could destroy ten hours on forces in less than a month this comes as the u.s. continues to build up its military presence in the region. that japan is set to shut down its final operating nuclear reactor the last of the country's fifty eight such facilities the government move comes after public opposition to nuclear energy pulling last year's because human disaster part of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. up next to the hidden purposes and secret strategies of global u.s. military facilities and the risks of the countries hosting them in our special report. this place. well how they get the money to make them and who's giving it and what to protect us from what these are all questions that somebody like obama should butt out. it just didn't happen. it was designed. and those bases just came along like you know some terrible cancer. when you see how much money is at stake and in the operations that go on every day it's phenomenal the number of flights to take off from kadena air force base every single day involved just that one base in that one country

u.s. military bases around the world. this place who owns general electric they make allen bombs well how they get the money to make them and who's giving it and why to protect us from. these are all questions that somebody like obama should have been asking. it just didn't happen the empire it was it was designed and those bases just came along like you know some terrible cancer. when you see how much money is at stake in in the operations that go on every day it's phenomenal the number of flights to take off from kadena air force base every single day involved just that one base in that one country on one day one have been fault thousands of gallons of jet fuel. repair and maintenance and parts for those aircraft the rationale for these bases is that they're continually practicing and training and using the equipment and running the personnel through their paces and and feeding them and and so on and that is an incredibly expensive operation this is what. president eisenhower was warning against in his farewell address

u.s. military in any way? >> i do -- i believe it would not harm us in any way. >> and haven't you expressed, mr. secretary -- you've said that rather than harm us, it would, in fact, enhance our strategic goals and our interests? >> it would. it would give us the opportunity to be able to engage when it comes to navigational freedoms and navigational rights. we can argue for those now. we can do what we do, but very frankly, we have undermined or our moral authority by not having a seat at the table with these nations to make the arguments for these rights. >> i have a letter here for the from the director of national intelligence, clapper, dated may 16th, 2012, in which he confirms that the convention would not prohibit intelligence activities in any way. this is another one of those myths that get thrown out there. i want to enter that letter into the record. the intelligence community made the same confirmation to this committee during the bush administration, did it not, in 2003 and 2007? >> that's correc

u.s. military bases across the world. beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that mere liberal globalisation with its built in self regulating mechanisms would finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and would assure the planet into an era of relative peace and prosperity free trade will bring on the great depression nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that believed to be largely a myth. but many signs were already there markets have always relied on state power and military might. america's transformation from republic to economic superpower following world war two was accompanied by the creation of a global network of military bases unlike any other in history. according to the pentagon's base structure report today these amount to seven hundred sixteen in thirty eight countries more than two hundred fifty thousand soldiers stationed on these bases in addition to this the u.s. has a military presence in one hundred ten countries around the worl

china is growing military really and. politics in the u.s. want to keep china within board with this war costo waterways. do you. not want to see china become a global power where the military side of things that you mention there is particularly interesting isn't it i mean u.s. and chinese leaders are trying to downplay their disagreements but we know the u.s. is building up its own presence around china while beijing is boosting its military spending so what is all this going. well. on the face of it a confrontation is. this is like the. force the. defense so. you. had on the south china sea or somewhere but i think there is enough mutual interests between the two countries in that it would not think of. conflict not just yet i think it would be many decades in the future where china will be strong enough to challenge the us if military leo i mean the u.s. has military ties with many of china's neighbors and you think about taiwan etc i mean does yeah there's a washington think this will give it some leverage perhaps with beijing. well the u

u.s. military troops, u.s. military installation, no, that's not going to work. lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers. war starts on the 12th. 15th of april, three days later lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers. okay? he says, look, we need you guys to help put down this rebellion. now the way it works, every state that's still part of the union is going to have to give a portion of that 75,000, okay? if you're teeny state, not a huge population, say vermont's not going to have to come up with as many guys as new york or virginia, okay? but everybody's going to have to put a portion into that 75,000. and therein lies the rub. virginia's going to have to help give to that 75,000 and go invade south carolina. tennessee is going to have to contribute to that 75,000 and go invade mississippi right across the border. you have a lot of family and shared experiences. what's going to happen is four more states are going to say, i can't invade and attack fellow southerners. we can't do it. it's not in us and you can't force us to do it. the federal government is oversteppin

u.s. military, will act in accordance with those provisions, notwithstanding we ratified it. has that policy ever changed since president reagan first made the announcement in 1983? >> it has not changed for the united states military. no, sir. >> so, in light of the fact -- and i ask this of both secretary of defense and you as chairman of the joint chiefs. in light of the fact that we are already following the convention, would joining it require the military to make any change in existing policy or procedure with respect to use of the oceans? >> it would not. >> would it place any restraint whatsoever on any of our strategic goals? >> it would not. >> as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, do you believe joining the convention would harm the u.s. military in any way? >> i do -- i believe it would not harm us in any way. >> and, mr. secretary, you said

u.s. military did. not to see and i'm sorry if i if i can understand this because i work in the news business but this is a subtly multi-dimensional asked whether you're bringing on here you're blaming or they're blaming these americans who are working in afghanistan they're blaming the military and the cia i was under the impression that the most recent deaths on the most recent trouble were due to unilateral drone strikes me all saying it's a much bigger equation than just that we're not one of the. probably has not much to do with. the us military this is it's really good. and the actions by. the grass. you know what we can do in the house and their family with young going to do it's not going to be of the people so basically we need probably major problem in afghanistan and also most of my weight is the easiest to even see a god can still i'm going to be able to have served here as we have now on the passover two bombs not simply wishing he was innocent i mean he's not the first but when he's proof

u.s. military buildup in the pacific. but as china's rampant economic growth and political influence continues we take a look at how big a challenge this is for the world next it's our interview with john nesbitt an academic and expert on the country. and i speak thank you very much for being with us today it's a pleasure sir thank you for having me to china has been a mystery for scholars throughout centuries why is it such a challenge for thinkers these days up till these days everything is revealed now it's now it's a challenge that was still a challenge so i was still in charge well. you know first thousands of years there was such an insulated isolated place that others didn't come in and it's only been relatively in recent years that a lot of people tried to i myself have been going there for forty four years since nine hundred sixty seven but that's new for westerners to spend so much time there were two did before but now they're all over the place although i think the western report is not very good about china b

u.s. military's asier pacific build up in support for chinese dissidents leaves beijing wary. egypt's a fledgling democracy looks increasingly vulnerable or head of the presidential election as violence flares able blacklists a candidate and the military accused of pulling the strings. and a security surge in spain as european central bank has me to stop the country's economy from spiraling out of control police making multiple arrests at an empty austerity gradually.

do this is come swab a military base to look at it and the u.s. established it in the midst of world war two with it. to the pound when to go to debate it. but now they want to destroy two kilometers of henoch obey. all the way to or a bay and build a floating airport and with that that they've got. a lot going on they don't call it on your side taking the the u.s. takes no responsibility for its impact on people or the environment from work. since many rare species live here this would have very serious consequences you know once a month or two all. in okinawa or are the only ones in the whole of eastern asia what if there was and there are less than fifty left. was. back on track i sat in front of cum swab for one year from morning to night nor knew would be for you i held up a sign saying no new basis so a lot of soldiers came out to talk to me you know it all has got to get back that they offer me how burgers for breakfast in the mall. and they were so young that. i couldn't believe they would be sent to iraq to murder other people. you know.

u.s. military presence in his homeland saudi arabia as a reason for his hatred of the united states. in a curious twist of fate the nine eleven attacks and america's military response paved the way for the birth of new military bases in iraq and central asia first and foremost in afghanistan. the relationship between bases and war is a hand and glove relationship bases most of the us bases i would say the majority are the result of war they are the booty or loot of war in the sense that they were captured during wartime and never given back following the us bombing of iraq in one thousand nine hundred one the united states wound up with military bases in saudi arabia kuwait bahrain char oman and the united arab emirates following its bombing of yugoslavia nine hundred ninety nine the us wound up with military bases in kosovo all bay area vogue area macedonia hungary bosnia and croatia following us valma to afghanistan in two thousand and one into the us wound up with military bases in afghanistan pakistan kazakhstan uzbekistan tajikistan kurdistan georgia yemen and djibouti following

u.s. military buildup in the pacific. and russia wants it could make a preemptive strike against nato as planned missile defense shield for europe if the u.s. presses ahead with the project despite moscow's objection. it's two pm thursday afternoon in moscow wherever you're watching around the world will welcome.

u.s. military facilities and embassies that killed large numbers of civilians, the uss call, the embassies in tanzania and kenya, and then as we get into my nell irvin it became clear that there was no u.s. strategy at least executed on the ground against al qaeda. so it had a selective engagement

u.s. military to military relationship with the egyptian military. that's not what you're going to read in the newspaper. but i would submit that decades long interaction between our professional military, civilian control, talented, capable. when i went -- i was at nasser's funeral. isn't that amazing. i was there with robert murphy the diplomat among warriors and john mccoy. we landed and there were soviet airplanes, tanks and soldiers all over that country. this is 1970 plus or minus something. we met with sadat who was the acting president, the vice president, and the briefing papers said he was a light weight. that nasser didn't like to have strong vice presidents around him. this fellow won't last 15 minutes. sometimes i over state for emphasis. probably not exactly what the paper said but something like that. we went independent and met and came away enormously impressed, a man of substance and guts and he looked at us in the eye and said look, i have no problems with the united states of america at all except israel. and within a year or two

u.s. military and intelligence operations in space. the concern that this appears to be an end run around congress so this amendment would prevent that from happening. it would there by preserve u.s. freedom of action in outer space and preserve the balance of powers between administrative and legislative branches of government. i want to say that the administration did make the right decision by not signing on to the draft european union code of conduct for outer space activities. what troubles me is that they say that they agree with much of the intention behind that code of conduct and they want this to be the foundation for future arms control regimes that would bind the united states. and by doing so in a way that is never submitted for congressional specifically senate approval that just keeps congress out of the loop and unable to have its proper role in these issues. and why it's so important, mr. chairman, is because there are significant policy and operational concerns with the e.u. code of conduct or something that resembles

u.s. public's attitudes are about cutting military spending, and they found that, in fact, the u.s. public -- republicans and democrats alike are far more radical in terms of what they support in terms of military cuts. an average of 18%. immediate annual cut in military spending. so what are the implication of this on nato, the debate here in the united states. the possibility of perhaps more significant cuts in u.s. military spending. although, again, as i want to emphasize, we're not seeing that immediately with what the obama administration is proposing. but if sequestration goes through and we're forced to do it, then we might see some significant cuts. what would be the implications? well, first of all, hurray, the cold war is over. finally nato would have to face the fact that it doesn't need these weapon systems which were designed to fight a cold war. tactical nuclear weapons? do we really need those? the danish submarines i think you referred to? do we really need those? those brigades we're planning on removing from europe, do we really need those? do we need all those u.s

u.s. military buildup in the pacific. the u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe and builds a high tech case against a project that it considers a threat to its national security. you're watching r.t. a very warm welcome to you today now the worst violence egypt has seen in months stoking political tensions in the country at the presidential elections at least eleven people were killed and around one hundred injured when a group of unknown assailants attacked protesters early on wednesday sparking further fierce clashes the protesters were staging a sit in the country's ministry of defense voicing their anger at the planning of its newest candidate from the election. it's the forces have rushed to blame the ruling military for the bloodshed and while the generals say they are hundred out to civilians if the outcome of the presidential vote is decided in the first round many fear that it will do little to quell the chaos and will need to prompt democratic reforms. reports. taking phone in middle east and. this i

u.s. government officials and military personnel. they're putting american officials and intelligence officials at risk of legal action in an attempt to intimidate them and their families to alter the behavior of theirs and of our countries. it is in effect an tempt to criminalize policy differences. it's a trend to subordinate the american people, their elected leaders' actions, as well as the u.s. military to foreign courts and rogue prosecutors. this is a sizable threat to american sovereignty. i'll give you one example. i was at a nato meeting in brussels. and the belgian -- i read in the paper nat belgian legislature's parliament had passed a law that allowed anyone in the u.s. military to be prosecuted in foreign courts. and i thought, well, my goodness. that means we can't have military people go to belgium, where nato is. if any rogue prosecutor can decide he wants to enhance his public image, he can file a lawsuit, which he did, against general franks as i recall. and i -- so i called him, the defense minister of belgium, an

u.s. military just how strong do you think this partnership really is. but i think your president kind of said have to learn the hard way that he cannot trust commitments by the u.s. military and this you know again and if we talk about the president her say let's talk about someone else in topples who just complaining quietly about the latest attacks against civilians i'm talking about american diplomats who actually negotiated peace with egypt but which of the grinning and wonderful understanding and enabled of both of them to say that forward you've got to stop. the inevitable not to the to you know why even if you know you see all you have the good will smooth the bike speed in action such as the ones that are of god civilians are undermining your entire body of work hard work everyone's there on the ground here in australia. and this is happening with that all of your money and today we need how good is the american basket or the sun is that it's not sure it's not here and we're going to watch you get. the most furious do we need when it will be u.s

u.s. military budget after mili 2000-2001. we did not prepare for transformation of our manufacturing base and we saw the erosion of our manufacturing base as a result of that. it's not that the complete causal relationship there. it's only one of the contributing factors. we did not prepare for with when we had a peace dividend for a transformation or our manufacturing base. in terms of the obesity analogy, we are the biggest in the world. we are responsible for the largest amount of military spending in the world. but we're not the only fat cat. there are some pretty pudgy people out there. some europeans are kind of pudgy, too up there in the top five, uk, france, germany, pretty big spenders. they could use a little slimming in my humble opinion. how much slimming? i don't know exactly. but i do think as they say with diets it's not just cutting the amount of food you eat. it's lifestyle. it's changing your whole approach. if we're going to be cutting in europe, we have to change the lifestyle. the approach to securities i

u.s. military but it's not just symbols the idea that the u.s. s fighting a war against islam has infiltrated american military training the most recent incident involved of course teaching senior officers at the joint forces staff college that quote the u.s. is at war with islam and we ought to just recognize that we're at war with islam end of quote in response to a public backlash over the leaked information the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey ordered to probe into anti islamic training materials mikey weinstein told us about a separate incident of the same kind we have the absolute eyewitness testimony where it's very very clear that the statement made is we have to kill it is law and this is to the cadets at the air force academy where every american citizen to put to go to get us through or the air force academy annapolis or west point cost four hundred thousand dollars and this is what they're being told this fundamentalist christian crusader. or seem was extend not only the air force academy at all over the you

u.s. military buildup in the pacific and. u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe despite russia's concerns in return moscow is building a high tech case against a project that it considers a threat to russian national security. as china's around for economic growth and political influence continues we take a look at how big a challenge this is for the world up next is our special interview with john they spit an expert on the country. well. china has great thank you very much for being with us today it's a pleasure sir thank you for having me to china has been a mystery for scholars throughout centuries why is it such a challenge for thinkers these days up till these days everything is revealed now it's now it's a good challenge they were still in charge i was still in charge of well. you know first thousands of years they were such an insulated isolated place that others didn't come in and it's only been relatively in recent years that a lot of people tried to i myself have been going there for forty four year

u.s. military claims it could destroy terror on its own forces in less than a month this comes as the u.s. continues to build up its military presence in the region. japan is said to shut down its final nuclear reactor at the last of the country's sixty such facilities the government's move comes after a public opposition to new to an untruthful in last year's fukushima disaster part of a catastrophic.

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u.s. military claims it could destroy to ron's armed forces in less than a month this comes as the u.s. continues to build up its military presence in the region ledger town is set to shut down its final operating nuclear reactor the last of the country's fifty such facilities the government move comes after public opposition to nuclear energy following last year's the shaman design stepped up to the catastrophic us quake and tsunami.

u.s. military.but steps are being taken to initiate even the marines, which you would think would be the last bastion for male-only combat are starting to make some accommodations and are starting to put some women into their combat training. ranger school. women will be test asked put into ranger school by the u.s. army before a final decision is made on just how rapidly they can actually make this move into combat. so again, the case that these women make in this lawsuit is exactly correct. nobody questions that. but the military, the pentagon, are slowly edging in that direction. they just can't move as rapidly as perhaps these women would like. >> 280,000 women have served in iraq and afghanistan. 144 female troops have been killed in the wars there. women make up 14.5% of active duty military personnel. i can't compare. i don't want to say it's not apples to apples but some of the same language we're hearing, you cannot flip a switch or it has to take time. that's the similar language you heard

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