there are dueling claims as to how taco rice might have morphed into existence, but in the 1980s american servicemen introduced the standard taco to okinawans and her grandfather decided to tweak them. dumping the fillings straight on to rice for the late night crowd of marines coming back from the bars. this unholy, greasy, starchy, probably unhealthy delight-turned-classic caught on big-time. for both americans missing home and locals. so i consider myself a pretty pro-military guy, but why are the marines here? look, i like marines, but, you know, i'm not robert mcnamara, but if you go to war with china, sending in the marines are not what you're going to be doing. people of your age, what's your attitude to the military bases?