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02-16-2012 08:12 PM |
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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
(Post 43535)
Ain't that tha truth!
Yeah I understand that some nations do not want foreign troops on their home soil but some of those same countries greatly benefited from US bases.
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Yeah, when Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines and left the shiny new fleet of Vought/Chance F8 Crusaders the Philippino gov't had just bought from the US prior to ordering us off the island (I know, I know it was a mutual thing :) ) under a ton of ash and unrecoverable, suddenly us leaving didn't seem like such a great idea.
Hell the last I heard the Vietnamese were trying to court the USN back to Cahm Ran bay...!
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