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2005-12-04 Europe

CIA operated 400-plus secret flights in Germany?

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Posted by Steve White 2005-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the affair could prompt a fundamental debate about the use of German airspace by US planes for the war in Iraq and the basing of US troops in Germany.

So Der Spiegel wants a discussion about whether American airplanes can fly through the air to get to American bases? Their position stikes me as unsound and, more importantly, unwise.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-12-04 20:20|| 2005-12-04 20:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Poland, Romania, et al beckon, with cheaper infrastructure and more grateful populaces...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-04 20:23|| 2005-12-04 20:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Their position strikes me as wanting no American bases there at all.

Posted by lotp 2005-12-04 20:23|| 2005-12-04 20:23|| Front Page Top

#4 If we were to simply pack up and leave, I wonder how long it would be before the Europeans would be at one another's throats again?

Posted by Dave D. 2005-12-04 20:31|| 2005-12-04 20:31|| Front Page Top

#5 The Germans around Kaiserslaughtern want the Americans to stay. Most of the Germans in Frankfurt are upset that Rhein-Main is closing. The people of Berlin are split. Several German cities have already lost their American bases, and are screaming about it. The government is filled with socialists, former communists, Greens, and other idiots, and want the Americans out. Guess what the decision will be.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-12-04 21:11|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com] 2005-12-04 21:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Auf Weidersen?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-04 21:29|| 2005-12-04 21:29|| Front Page Top

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