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Old 10-14-2014, 01:02 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame View Post
And the defense of Japan can be better served from closer locations to mainland japan, such as from Kyushu, Honshu or Hokkaido. If you're taking about a strategic buffer between China and North America, you need to start that conversation with Taiwan, not Okinawa.
Okinawa was taken by the Americans in WWII precisely because it was necessary as a staging point to invade Japan. Don't let history colour your perception of what is and isn't strategic though.
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