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To: i-node who wrote (380765)	4/26/2008 11:48:21 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573954

>Can you name one country in which we have a base where we have stayed against the host country's government wishes? The governments may want us there, but lots of the people resent it. And we do NOT need to be there, I don't care how many times you say we do. -Z

To: i-node who wrote (380765)	4/27/2008 9:04:09 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573954

"Can you name one country in which we have a base where we have stayed against the host country's government wishes?" But, you see, that is not exactly the right question. Governments don't always represent the will of the people. To take two quick examples, Okinawa and Saudi Arabia. While the governments of both countries like having our bases there, the people are not as convinced. Apparently 85% of Okinawans don't want our bases there, a comfortable majority. Yet, there we are. bin Laden used our presence in holy Saudi Arabia as the reason for 9/11. And he was far from the only Saudi to object. Yet we are still there, but have moved most of our people to Iraq. And those stories aren't unique. In many cases, the bases are a lot more popular with the governments than they are with the people. Because a US base means money, both direct and through economic activity, the governments are often more pro-base than the people, although the two I cited are probably the most extreme. And then there is the case of Guantanamo Bay. Not only is the base not particularly popular with the people in Cuba, the government there doesn't want us. Yet, there we are.