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2004-01-08 Europe

Poland in Talks on Hosting U.S. Military Bases

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Posted by seafarious 2004-01-08 1:13:35 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So, Vlad, those missiles still aimed at Alaska?

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-1-8 1:18:12 PM|| 2004-1-8 1:18:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I like it. An airbase near Warsaw, some quick reaction troops and an airbase say in Bulgaria, keep the hospital and staging areas in Germany, keep the naval basing rights in Italy, and get Q-man to re-open Wheelus for us. Add that to our upcoming new leases in Iraq, intel and port calls in Djbouti, and bases in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, and our Islamist buddies will learn a new English word: "encirclement."

Posted by Steve White 2004-1-8 1:31:23 PM|| 2004-1-8 1:31:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I took a class on US Basing strategy a long while back (yep, it was an actual class). The extent and number of bases (of all kinds) worldwide was mind-boggling, as was the fact that the Cold War focus was maintained over so many generations of US government and Pentagon administrations.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-1-8 3:01:01 PM|| 2004-1-8 3:01:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Like to see the 173rd "take over" the base in Poland like they did the one in Iraq. Pointed message to Vlad.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-1-8 3:04:29 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-1-8 3:04:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 , and our Islamist buddies will learn a new English word: "encirclement."

Damn that's good.

the Cold War focus was maintained over so many generations of US government and Pentagon administrations.

Carl... yeah. Comparable to the Roman watch on the Rhine. Romans did it longer... but we've done it a hell of a lot further.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-8 3:57:43 PM|| 2004-1-8 3:57:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 keep the hospital and staging areas in Germany

Why? Let der chermans pound sand up their a**es and let's quit subsidizing their welfare state.

The sooner we can get ALL of our troops out of there, the sooner the germans can start feeling some pain.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-8 4:45:49 PM|| 2004-1-8 4:45:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 4thInfVet -- We should keep some troops in Germany so we can invade France when they take the next logical step in their assault on the US -- open physical aggression (followed, of course, by their shrieking surrender at the sight of the first Stryker).

Posted by Tibor 2004-1-8 7:14:15 PM|| 2004-1-8 7:14:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Tibor - No need to deploy light armor. I'm thinking a few close air support sorties with Big Macs and boxes of cheap white wine as ordinance would break the back of any advancing Fr. 'troops'. Mon Dieu!!

Posted by doc8404 2004-1-8 8:18:54 PM|| 2004-1-8 8:18:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Big Macs and boxes of cheap white wine as ordinance would break the back of any advancing Fr. 'troops'.

I hope those Le Big Macs are served avec fromage. Otherwise the belgians could charge us with war crimes.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-8 8:26:10 PM|| 2004-1-8 8:26:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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