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Perhaps all the countries in which the U.S. has military bases should pay the U.S. for putting its military there. It could be considered it as payment for protection. That would soon become America's biggest export and would do wonders for the U.S. balance of payments and would save the dollar and by extension, the world economy.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Dec 11th, 2006 at 03:30:35 PM EST
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I don't know about other countries but I know that NATO finances its budget with own contributions to 80% and the US 20%. There are only 4 major US bases left in Western Europe and the two new ones are in Romania/Bulgaria (which barely could afford them). Besides the bases don't play a protection role in Europe any longer, they are merely a projection system towards the Middle-East.

by oldfrog on Mon Dec 11th, 2006 at 03:56:43 PM EST
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