Militarization is a point not yet brought up but that is perhaps the main reason why Hawaii continues to be occupied as a strategic site for the U.S. of A, otherwise these islands would not matter to Washington DC. Militarization continues with the acquiescence of Hawaiians and residents who are not Hawaiian who have become assimilated via employment in the military and civilian j.o.b.s at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere + the constant rhetorics of nation-making and militaristic patriotism blaring all around us.