In fairness, we are still "in" South Korea, and we are still "in" Germany. Depends on what the meaning of "in" is.
Yes, but who wants to fund a permanent, "peaceful" base?
well, again, we do it all over the world, keep "peaceful" bases that is. I don't know waht the bases in Korea or Germany cost, but the issue has never been really debated.
Most people have trouble processing all these billions and billions of dollars. A bar graph, comparing Iraq to everything else, maybe would be understandable. But the numbers themselves are just too large to mentally process.
How many Americans even KNOW that one billion=one thousand million, or that one trillion= one thousand billion? I would guess maybe 25% of the population. How to make less-educated Americans understand this?
Yes, but in fairness the Koreas are still technically at war and the base in Germany is more of a staging area now for operations in the Balkans and the middle east.
but isn't "staging area for operations in the middle east" applicable to Iraq? Especially if we remove our bases in Saudi Arabia.
I would close all those bases and use the money for cancer research, if it were up to me, But obviously, it isn't up to me.
I am not agreeing with McCain, merely cautioning about being over-confident as to how this will play in November. Three months ago, Democrats "couldn't possibly lose" now......we quite possibly will.
