Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Allied Regime Change

by John Feffer from Foreign Policy in Focus. The author reports on some of the latest moves of The Empire to secure its authority over the world while appearing eco-friendly.
Hatoyama's approval ratings have plummeted during this face-off with the United States. Washington has pushed the prime minister up against the wall and, frankly, made him look weak and indecisive. The hardball strategy from Washington was clearly designed at first to change the opinion of the Japanese government. Now it seems as though Washington wants to change the Japanese government altogether. Some lawmakers in Hatoyama's government are calling on him to resign if he doesn't resolve the base issue by the end-of-May deadline.