>The Philippines is a perfect example... No it isn't. We would not have left Subic Bay unless they asked us to. >Indeed, "so what?" is our common reply to pe

>The Philippines is a perfect example... No it isn't. We would not have left Subic Bay unless they asked us to. >Indeed, "so what?" is our common reply to people's wishes to get our military off their land It's not "their land". It's Japanese land, and people in Okinawa don't get to make that decision for the entire country. The country of Japan wants us to be there, and we'd leave if they didn't. Places in Japan have NIMBY sentiment. Go figure. >Yep, ask people in the Middle East, Cuba, etc... The Cubans made a deal with us for a long lease in Guantanamo. When the lease is up we'll leave. We never had any intention of staying in Iraq or Afghanistan, and we wouldn't have been in either country if the locals had kept to themselves. We were invited into Qutar and KSA. I don't see the problem.