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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: February 28, 2012, 11:45:40 AM »

Their dollars will spend as well as ours.  But why Miami?  Hurlburt Field in the Florida Panhandle would make more sense from a purely military perspective.
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« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2012, 12:47:01 AM »

We have enough military bases in the area that they couldn't do anything, and honestly I don't think they'd have enough troops to staff it significantly. (they have only 37.5k) Considering what they'd have to invest to make any kind of significant base, I'm pretty sure that this is just a political ploy because they think we'll say no - they probably want something else. We should say yes just to see what they do.

For a country that size, Ecuador has a very large military as a byproduct of their repeated wars with Peru.  While it is a political ploy, it isn't total nonsense.
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« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2012, 09:16:34 PM »

There definitely needs to be a Cuban base opened in Tampa Bay asap.
Well that would be funny.  I'd tell you why, but it's more fun to keep you in the dark. 

5 internet points to the person to explain why this is funny!

IIRC, Tampa Bay was the staging area for the troops who invaded Cuba in the Spanish-American War.
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