Some emails and online comments in response to last week's The Foreign Element column by Jon Mitchell, "Injuries to Okinawa anti-base protesters 'laughable,' says U.S. military spokesman":

Destroying a place of beauty

Capt. Caleb Eames' remarks [suggesting anti-base protesters are faking their injuries] are appalling. They are distressingly typical of the arrogance and ignorance displayed by the U.S. military empire all around the world, and especially in Okinawa.