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Title: U.S. Superbase on Guam
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Cryptogram
URL Source: http://cryptogon.com/?p=18456
Published: Oct 27, 2010
Author: Telegraph
Post Date: 2010-10-27 07:22:31 by A K A Stone
Keywords: None
Views: 2238
Comments: 6
Via: Telegraph: The US is building an £8 billion super military base on the Pacific island of Guam in an attempt to contain China’s military build-up. The expansion will include a dock for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a missile defence system, live-fire training sites and the expansion of the island’s airbase. It will be the largest investment in a military base in the western Pacific since the Second World War, and the biggest spend on naval infrastructure in decades.
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Hmmm. Perhaps this is more about Okinawa than anything else.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Because Japan, the Philippines, and others have kicked the U.S. out. "Super-bases" have no use in an era where our largest threat is terrorism. We need a nimble strike force -- on the ground and automated -- that can quickly take out enemy camps. Of course we need more a conventional deterrent as well, but insisting on maintaining our post-World War II posture is hurting us, not helping us.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is afraid that the U.S. Territory of Guam is going to "tip over and capsize" due to overpopulation.
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I believe you are correct. A subtle message?
To both Japan and China, yep.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Beware of trying to refight the last - or current - war. Classic mistake as demonstrated throughout the last century in particular, and throughout history overall. China isn't producing vast amounts of war related material to fight terrorism.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#2. To: A K A Stone (#0)
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The US is building an £8 billion super military base on the Pacific island of Guam
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
#3. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#4. To: Badeye (#1)
Perhaps this is more about Okinawa than anything else.
#5. To: Ibluafartsky (#4)
#6. To: jwpegler (#2)
"Super-bases" have no use in an era where our largest threat is terrorism.
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