Originally Posted by Stan V
Geez, bases all over the world since the 40's and in the last two years we now can't maintain our forward presence?

Panic is setting in......


No, financial reality. We either admit it and do something about it, or risk being unable to recover our assets and get our troops and equipment home when our currency collapses. Kind of hard to pay for stuff when no one wants your paper and you have nothing else to offer.

If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks..., will deprive the People of all their Property,...Thomas Jefferson