Scholars documented resistance to the US military buildup on Guam

Evidence

LisaLinda Natividad and Gwyn Kirk, “Fortress Guam: Resistance to US Military Mega-Buildup,” Asia-Pacific Journal 19, no. 1 (2010); Hermon Farahi, “A Holistic Approach to Understanding the Military Buildup of Guam (Guahan),” unpublished paper, George Washington University, n.d. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1240

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• Guam is regarded as among the world’s most important military bases. (similarity 0.84)
• Grassroots and congressional opposition forced a major scaling back of the Guam build-up. (similarity 0.82)
• The Guam buildup planned a nearly 50 percent population increase in four years. (similarity 0.81)
• Guam hosts the military’s most advanced weapon systems. (similarity 0.81)
• The Guam buildup would add nearly fifty percent to the island’s population (similarity 0.81)
• The 2006 Guam buildup moved Okinawa forces while expanding all military branches’ footprint. (similarity 0.80)
• American sovereignty over Guam began with its occupation (similarity 0.80)
• Military figures urged making Guam and the Marianas full US states (similarity 0.79)
• Young Chamorros formed opposition to expose the buildup’s infrastructure strains (similarity 0.78)