Hello. I do not usually rise at 4:30AM local time. But I had been given the opportunity to participate in the 7th Global Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution. It was by Zoom, over a two-day period in early morning; as it originated in Tokyo and Okinawa at 7PM local time, and I was on the other side of the planet, the time differential made for a bit of a red-eye experience.
But well worth it.
If you are already wondering why on earth I would get up so early twice in a row, look at the sub-title. The conference referenced at least two island archipelagos in East Asia: Okinawa, and Guam. What they have in common, besides their being in some proximity, is that both are overwhelmingly occupied by a foreign military power. Both are unwilling pawns in the American empire's military plans and are suffering because of it. And because East Asia is in a precarious political situation involving remilitarization and some nuclear sabre-rattling, we over here are not at all immune to what is happening over there.
No one is an island. Any bells tolling are tolling for us as well......
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