Okinawan Protesters Fight to Keep PATRIOTs Off the Island

What do you do during times of a nuclear crisis, kick out the missiles that would intercept any incoming nukes:

North Korean nuclear threat or not, anti-base activists camped out at the gate to Tengan Pier vowed Tuesday to remain until a ship leaves without unloading Patriot missiles for a new U.S. Army battery on Kadena Air Base.

Monday’s announcement by North Korea that it successfully conducted a small-scale nuclear test has given the protesters more verbal ammo to oppose the U.S. military presence on Okinawa and the deployment of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptors on U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force bases.

Protesters took up their positions Sunday, and U.S. Army officials were to meet Tuesday evening with Okinawa prefectural police officials to request their removal from the gate.

You have got to love the protesters logic though for kicking out the PATRIOTs:

“I respond by saying that peace will come only to places where there are no military bases.”

If that’s your definition of peace then you will be waiting a very long time to realize it.