People who were stationed in Okinawa sometime before the internet became commonplace waggle their eyebrows at you when you say you lived there. The island had a Bacchanalian reputation, known for its promise of misanthropic adventures. The appetite for easy sex, alcohol fueled parties, and cheap experiences that garnered Okinawa’s 1990s reputation didn’t go anywhere, and a rotund defense contractor that understood how to meet that appetite knew he could leverage it to make millions.
I relied heavily on the Rolling Stones article and referred to information from Wikipedia, Harvard Business School, Corruption Tracker, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, NY Times, CBS (1)(2), KPBS, The Guardian, and the BBC.
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