"Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)" wrote:
>
> On Jul 24, 1:19 pm, Douglas Berry <penguin_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:10:36 +0100 "Katt" <kahgfgh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> carved
> > the following into the hard stone of alt.atheism
> >
> > >Saw this somewhere and wondered if it's actually accurate...
> > >-----
> > >"Wa****ngton and its apologists continually insist that the US is 'not
an
> > >imperial power'. Yet of the 192 supposedly 'sovereign' states
recognised by
> > >the United Nations, no fewer than *133* have a US military presence
--
> > >which, in each and every case, the population was not consulted
about; did
> > >not vote for; and cannot choose to remove..."
> >
> > Define "military presence" Does this count USMC Embassy Guards? The US
> > Navy weather stations in Greenland? Two field grade officers and a
> > small staff posted to Outer Wayouttherestan to train locals on the
> > equipment their government has bought? How about US troops taking part
> > in UN or NATO missions? Troops get around, and some of these presences
> > are as simple as US troops attending training in a nation.
> >
> > Oh, a short list of nations having a military presence in the US:
> >
> > Germany.
> > Canada.
> > The United Kingdom.
> > Japan.
> > Saudi Arabia.
> > Jordan.
> > Egypt.
> > Republic of Korea.
> >
> > All these have a significant number of troops assigned inside the US
> > at any given time. Germany maintains an entire Luftwaffe squadron at
> > Holloman AFB for training
> > --
>
> OK, does anyone have a list of nations with a US military base?
> A "force" could mean anything unless it's defined. I know Australia
> has what amounts to an NSA base, but not specifically a military base,
> and that was protested quite a bit (again with no result).
>
> Al
A "Military Base" is a military base, personal in a country for training
is not.
Nor is military personel at an embassy a "military base".
OTOH a base obstensibly for "scientific purposes" but staffed by and run
by US Military is most definitely a "military base" in my book.
Regards,
Greg.P.
NZ
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