Hi, this is probably a silly/naive statement; but I have often thought that the US should just pull our military bases out of many foreign countries.
Before you lambast me for being a moron, I try to get my news from various sources not just network tv, I watch MSNBC, CNN, and BBC America. I also read the NY Times and sometimes the Wall Street Journal. I avoid Fox News for the obvious reasons. Also, since I live in central NJ, I get the CBS, NBC; ABC affiliates from both New York City and Philadelphia. You would be surprised at how differently NBC-NYC and NBC-Philadelphia present information. Even something as simple as the Paris Hilton nonsense has a slightly different spin.
I digress, my feelings are not related to Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Gulf War or The War on Terror. I've actually thought this since about 1977. Yes, my family had odd and often passionate discussions at the dinner table.
Is it really all about the oil? If so, then why do we have bases in Germany, South Korea, and France? Clearly many of the citizens of these countries don't want us there, and have made strong arguments for our leaving promptly, so why not just leave?
We have foreign embassies in the United States yet to the best of my knowledge, no other nation has a military base on our soil.
Would the world be a better place, safer place if we didn't have military installations all over the world?
Before you flame me remember I was an art history major not a poli-sci major.
Just saw this on the channel 7 news out of NYC. U.S. officials in Germany get terror warning
Before you lambast me for being a moron, I try to get my news from various sources not just network tv, I watch MSNBC, CNN, and BBC America. I also read the NY Times and sometimes the Wall Street Journal. I avoid Fox News for the obvious reasons. Also, since I live in central NJ, I get the CBS, NBC; ABC affiliates from both New York City and Philadelphia. You would be surprised at how differently NBC-NYC and NBC-Philadelphia present information. Even something as simple as the Paris Hilton nonsense has a slightly different spin.
I digress, my feelings are not related to Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Gulf War or The War on Terror. I've actually thought this since about 1977. Yes, my family had odd and often passionate discussions at the dinner table.
Is it really all about the oil? If so, then why do we have bases in Germany, South Korea, and France? Clearly many of the citizens of these countries don't want us there, and have made strong arguments for our leaving promptly, so why not just leave?
We have foreign embassies in the United States yet to the best of my knowledge, no other nation has a military base on our soil.
Would the world be a better place, safer place if we didn't have military installations all over the world?
Before you flame me remember I was an art history major not a poli-sci major.
Just saw this on the channel 7 news out of NYC. U.S. officials in Germany get terror warning