700 Military Bases Spread Across Afghanistan
February 12th, 2010Via: Alternet:
Today, according to official sources, approximately 700 bases of every size dot the Afghan countryside, and more, like the one in Shinwar, are under construction or soon will be as part of a base-building boom that began last year.
Existing in the shadows, rarely reported on and little talked about, this base-building program is nonetheless staggering in size and scope, and heavily dependent on supplies imported from abroad, which means that it is also extraordinarily expensive. It has added significantly to the already long secret list of Pentagon property overseas and raises questions about just how long, after the planned beginning of a drawdown of American forces in 2011, the U.S. will still be garrisoning Afghanistan.
Research Credit: ltcolonelnemo
The most illustrative example of what one can expect from an American “draw-down” is found in Germany and Japan.
Those “officially declared” operations ceased in 1945, yet boots and wings and nukes remain on the ground and in the air.
But be warned, every time you use this example in conversation with heavily programmed western minds, you will encounter a reaction ranging between “it’s not the same” and outright hostility.
Cold, hard reality is hard to swallow, apparently.