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...being detained. "We have escorted him in for questioning, and if he is indicted, he will be turned over to Okinawa police custody," said Marine Captain Cliff Gilmore, public affairs officer for the U.S. Okinawa military command. "The kind of behavior alleged is entirely unacceptable," Lieut. General Earl Hailston, the Okinawa commander, said in a statement...
...breaking Marines are bad enough, but in Japan some American brass have fueled the ill will with an appalling lack of manners. E-mail messages from Lieut. General Earl Hailston, the Commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa, leaked a few weeks ago referred to the island's governor, Keiichi Inamine, and other local politicians as "nuts and a bunch of wimps." Says Suzuyo Takazato, a member of the Naha City Council in Okinawa, "These incidents are not isolated cases. They paint a picture of an arrogant and unruly military from the very top to the bottom...
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