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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (27838)	4/19/2008 4:11:23 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

1) We are now not 'occupiers' in Japan or Germany (Though we certainly were PREVIOUSLY occupiers, as your post made clear.) because, 2) We have Formal defense treaties and basing agreements with both Japan and Germany now. Saying that is pretty much saying that #1, depends on #2 to be true. Its not exactly the same (because it could be that #1 became true because of #2, but could have become true otherwise), but its pretty close. More importantly your statement isn't true. The fact that we have formal defense and basing agreements is not the reason we are not an occupying power, and it is not what caused us to no longer be an occupying power. As soon as Japan and Germany had their own governments that where not subservient to the US the occupation ended.