Germany. Ramstein is being significantly scaled back. larry
On 7/29/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not exactly what I meant, but ok. I should have said non-U.S. territory. > > > >> 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 > > >>================================================================= > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167329 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
