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Old 10-01-2004, 10:20 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by dar512
Anyone know if it's true that we're building permanent military bases over there? If so, it makes a lot of sense that locals would think that we were moving in to stay - saying, in effect, "you can have personal freedoms, but your government will be a puppet".
i understand the reasoning, but along that same line, have germany and japan been puppet nations for the past 60 years. we have troops on the ground in many countries that no one would think to call a puppet government.
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