# of US Military Bases? No One Knows! - Democratic Underground

Joanne98

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Sat Jan-15-11 08:26 AM
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# of US Military Bases? No One Knows!

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Does anyone really know the US military's empire of bases abroad? It's one number that no one knows including Americans, the president, the Pentagon or experts. That's according to Nick Turse author of, "The Case for Withdrawal From Afghanistan." Turse explains.

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Enthusiast

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Sat Jan-15-11 09:52 AM
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1. Is anyone alright with this?

How can anyone believe there should be no upper limit to American military expansionism? How does this equate with your idea of a free society and a representative democracy? I think this flys in the face of the very concept of a democratic republic.

"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
— Frank Zappa

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molly77

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Sat Jan-15-11 10:37 AM
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2. No one knows how many military bases WE have

or what happened to 2.2 trillion dollars missing from DOD? State secret or fascism?

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Sat Jan-15-11 11:36 AM
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3. Yeah. How would we feel if some

other nation outspent the rest of the combined world on their arsenal and had crazy talking politicians and religious leaders to boot? The rest of the world must be absolutely terrified of the the United States. I don't really think this is what our Founding Fathers had in mind.

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Dokkie

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Sat Jan-15-11 11:56 AM
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4. Its sad

we are in a military state of mind and the only reason liberal are not in the streets protesting is because their team is leading the army. Just sad

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Sat Jan-15-11 01:10 PM
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5. I wish we had 'a team'. nt

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Joanne98

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Sat Jan-15-11 03:19 PM
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6. DING DING DING

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amyrose2712

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Mon Jan-17-11 08:14 AM
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8. Excellent Zappa quote. nt

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spooked911

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Sat Jan-15-11 07:15 PM
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7. welcome to the insanity of America 2011

but the real problems are rarely covered in the mainstream

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