Interesting Request - Afghans ask for permanent US bases

[Skydancer]

Blimey you'll have bases everywhere soon.

How about spending money on one of these then everyone will realy have to love the USA!;)



Guess we need to tell Bush that al quaida is infiltrating terrorist cells onto Mars before he'll seriously spend on space exploration though.

 

[Chortle]

Originally posted by Elfie
A link to a profile for Mr. Karzai. It says nothing about him being employed by Unocal.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3135938.stm

Seems the jurys still out, just so happened it was mentioned in a book I'm reading.

[Cobra412]

I'd rather have the money flow going to our own nation opposed to a bunch of other nations that don't give a watermelon about us in the first place.

Though it'll probably never happen due to some of the strategic locations we are in. I'd like to see bases outside the US that are in countries that despise us and constantly bich about us get shutdown. Remove all those jobs given to the locals by our government.
Take all the money the bases bring into their economies yanked with little to no notice.

Bring that money to other surrounding countries that really give a watermelon and watch the old base "communities" whine and cry about how ruthless and uncaring the US is.

I don't know how the Navy guys are but if they are anything like some of the Marines I've been stationed around they normally bring it on themselves. When I was stationed in NC not only did my base make it illegal for the Marines to use certain facilities on base but so did the local and surrounding communities. If you even looked like a Marine they would start to turn you away until they found out you were Air Force. I had multiple occassions where I was about to be refused entry to clubs and bars because of my high and tight. I showed them my ID and they apologized and let me in. A few places had signs posted on the front doors saying Marines were not allowed in the facility.

[Staga]

Remember they're not asking permanent bases just to please US; there are more selfish reasons for that.
Anyways that could be good for both: Afghanistan would get craploads of money from US and it would also have well equipped army (not its own of course) to maintain peace.

[Elfie]

Originally posted by Chortle
Seems the jurys still out, just so happened it was mentioned in a book I'm reading.

If he had been employed by an American oil company, I'm pretty sure the BBC would have mentioned it. Even if he had been, I wouldnt read anything into it just yet. From the link I posted he seems to be a really good diplomat. His diplomatic skills appear to be what brought about enough support to get him elected.

[Replicant]

The UN have a committment to have forces based there.  The RAF replaced the USMC last year at a Forward Air Base (Kandahar - both operating AV-8B/Harrier GR7A) and another nation will replace the RAF in due course.   It'll turn into another Bosnia...

[VOR]

Originally posted by Skydancer
You'll end up with an empire if you're not carefull!;)

We're still a young country. Don't we deserve the same opportunities everyone else had?

[Eagler]

and ppl see bases there as nothing but a good thing?

and yes, there will be permanent bases in Iraq also - also another good thing for the security of this country at this time in history

[Skydancer]

It'll all end either very expensively, or in tears VOR:D

We know!

[JB88]

yes.  yes you do.

so do the french and the germans and the spanish and the portugese and the dutch and the serbs et al.

the beat goes on.