"thunder" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:12:23 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Our Navy can protect against the suicide gunboats, but in order to stop
the silkworms, we need AWACS and Patriot missile batteries nearby. The
only country that can provide a suitable base of operations for such a
defense system is the UAE. And that's the reason for the port deal.

NOYB, we already have basing rights in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, *and*
the UAE.

We had basing rights in Turkey, too, leading up to the second war in Iraq.
But at the last minute, the Turks got cold feet, and refused to let the 4th
ID drive down from the north.


We're not about to make the same mistake again.