It is simply not acceptable that the lives and livelihoods of [Okinawa] residents continue to be endangered and threatened by the stationing of U.S. forces in Japan.
But the bitter fact on the ground is that the U.S. still deploys troops in the Muslim world, with numbers 20 times greater than the number of troops deployed during the Crusades fought on Muslim lands in the 12th century.
Egypt will be in a difficult situation whether it excludes itself from the negotiations or is involved in them; the latter will make the domestic situation very difficult for Morsi.