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> But, please, the word empire is so … British … or Roman … certainly nothing we are. Not for this reason, at least, because it's not an occupying force. If t
by tablespoon 5y ago
> But, please, the word empire is so … British … or Roman … certainly nothing we are.
Not for this reason, at least, because it's not an occupying force. If the Italians asked the garrison to leave, it wouldn't go to war to stay.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoIIRC European bases are strategic for USA's Middle East war operations, I doubt the military would just leave if ordered, there would be significant diplomatic, and maybe economic, pressure to stay.
- tablespoon 5y ago> IIRC European bases are strategic for USA's Middle East war operations, I doubt the military would just leave if ordered, there would be significant diplomatic, and maybe economic, pressure to stay. Are you saying the US would go to war with Italy to keep this base? The US might try to pressure Italy to let it keep it, but if Italy was insistent, the US would do it.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoI'm only saying what I said, that USA won't get evicted without exerting great pressure to stay. I don't think USA would go to war with Italy, but the position is too valuable to give it back without resisting.