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To: Ilaine who wrote (95013)	4/19/2003 3:58:14 PM
From: NightOwl	Respond to of 281500

Hmmmm... I see what you mean. I guess it is breath taking when you think of it that way. It will be very interesting to see how this reshaping of the globe turns out. Hope I live to see it. ...But I am keeping the hemlock handy just in case. <Hoo><Haa> 0\|0

To: Ilaine who wrote (95013)	4/19/2003 4:06:55 PM
From: NightOwl	Respond to of 281500

P.S. Imagine all the recalculations, realignments, reconsiderations, reviews and recriminations in the various foreign defense establishments that this has caused. 0\|0

To: Ilaine who wrote (95013)	4/19/2003 5:28:39 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

More on bases... Commander: U.S. Bases Won't Leave Germany guardian.co.uk SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A senior American military commander denied Friday that the United States would shift its bases from Germany to the newest NATO members in eastern Europe because of Germany's opposition to the war in Iraq. ``Germany has significantly supported behind the scenes what we did in Iraq,'' said Air Force Gen. Charles Wald, the deputy commander of the U.S. European Command - a joint command between that Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. ``There have been only rumors that there has been tension between Germany and the U.S. and that we'd be leaving Germany.'' But some changes were ahead, Wald said. The United States will establish bases in the new East European NATO members - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia - while keeping its presence in Germany, Wald said. ``There is no doubt in my mind that as NATO moves east our presence and our participation will have to be where NATO is,'' he said. ``It is recognized that these areas are strategically important to NATO and the U.S.''