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Re: OT: A sobering answer
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fred White <[log in to unmask]>
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fred White <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:04:45 -0700
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On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 11:14 AM, joe andress wrote:

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> The military bases that you mention; are allowed by the current
> govenments
> of those countries.  If the local people are so opposed to those
> bases, then
> they should interact with their government to have the bases removed.

How naive can you get?? In almost all cases, that would be impossible.

Most of those governments don't listen to their people. Also, even if
they wanted to they wouldn't remove the base for fear of economic
repercussions from the U.S.
They 'go along' to 'get along'. Remember "globalization"??

FW

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