TOKYO, Feb 2 – Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, and the thousands of Japanese Raelians, have expressed their support to the Japanese delegation in Washington, DC., opposing the presence and new construction of US military bases in Okinawa.
34 US bases have occupied much of the Okinawa land for the past 67 years. A majority of the Okinawaians have opposed, year after year, the forced occupation of their land by the US, organizing regular peaceful sittings and protests.
Rael, who has been invited by the Raelians of Okinawa to attend their latest meditation gathering, declared that all US bases in Okinawa and in Japan should be close.
Rael also explained in a recent speech that Asian people have never been colonialists. “Asians are mainly peaceful but America is the worst colonialist in the world. They say they fight for freedom and use that strategy to have 180 military bases worldwide while China has only 2.
The budget of America for military is 1000 times bigger than the Chinese one. Who should we be afraid of?”
For Rael, the fear used by America to justify all these bases and the building of more weapons is not only irrational but criminal and the 70 military bases in Japan are totally unjustifiable.
“Moreover, no independent organization has ever verified the US claims that there are no nuclear weapons stored in Japan” stated Rael. “The IAEA should at least conduct an inspection to make sure that there are none.”
-------------------------------------------------------------------- About the Raelian Movement rael.org et press.rael.org The Raelian Movement is the largest non-profit atheist organisation in the world, which relates how life on earth was created by an extra-terrestrial civilisation, known in the original Bible as Elohim, through the synthesis of DNA. It brings together 80,000 members from 104 countries who actively publicise the mes sage these extra-terrestrial scientists gave to Rael, with the goal of building an embassy to welcome them officially and propagate their values of peace and non violence. The Raelian Movement is making waves through its non-conformist and politically incorrect philosophy.
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