>> Can anyone think of other places the U.S. has totally evacuated after a >> long-term military presence?
South Dakota? - Jim Robert Munn wrote: >No surprise that we're building long-term bases in Iraq. We we asked to vacate >Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan is asking us to leave, Qatar is an unknown in my >mind, and Turkey screwed us in 2003. (Well, they screwed themselves out of $10 >billion, but it's all about us, right? ;-) ) > >I think it has always been in the Pentagon's plan to establish long-term bases >in Iraq. Every place we have ever fought a significant action, we have >established long-term bases. And we have a habit of not vacating. Ever. The >places I can think of that we have totally vacated: > >- Phillipines (by request) >- Saudi Arabia (by request) >- Vietnam (by U.S. decision to abandon the South Vietnamese) >- France? (I'm not sure we ever had long-term bases there after WWII) > >Can anyone think of other places the U.S. has totally evacuated after a >long-term military presence? > > > > > > >>That's nice. We're going through some nasty BRAC changes around here >>(one of the region's biggest employers is a Nuke shipyard nearby), yet >>we have shitloads of money to build bases in Iraq. >> >>Fuckin' A bubba >> >>Dana wrote: >> >> >>>the US is building 20 "enduring bases" in Iraq to the tune of some $200 >>>million >>> >>>by the way, this is not a quizz, it's a question. These are factoids >>>gleaned from sources I believe in enough to ask the question but not >>>enough to accept as fact yet. >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>================================================================= >>Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer >>CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services >>603.433.9559 >>www.crystalvision.org >>================================================================= >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167314 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
