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2 oil tankers damaged in suspected attack in the Gulf of Oman

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06-19-2019, 08:29 AM (This post was last modified: 06-19-2019, 08:30 AM by mikesez.)

(06-19-2019, 08:05 AM)B2hibry Wrote:
(06-19-2019, 07:11 AM)mikesez Wrote: None of those listed countries pay us.
And we've long since removed our military bases from the Philippines.
We were discussing middle East countries, anyhow
Hahaha. They absolutely pay. They pay for food, fuel, provide bases, housing, etc. FYI, we have never fully disengaged the Philippines. In fact, they want us to return to Subic Bay because of China. And since we are talking the M.E. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, and many others pay us to be in their backyard. How many of those do you believe have poor/frustrated demographics and social environments?

None of those countries has what we would call civil rights or a free exchange of ideas.  Iraq is the only one in the group attempting free elections, but Iran calls a lot of the shots there these days.
The repression one would face in Kuwait or Qatar is subtle, while Bahrain and Saudi openly execute protestors.
My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.
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