Ecuador wants military base in Miami

Reuters ^ | 10/22/07 | Phil Stewart

[RightWhale]

Fine. He has to pay rent and abide by zoning and other land use laws.

[NCSteve]

We live in scary times. Orwell was prescient, he was just a couple of decades off.

[NCSteve]

"If there's no problem having foreign soldiers on a country's soil, surely they'll let us have an Ecuadorean base in the United States."

His logic is impeccable.

[NCSteve]

U.S. officials say it is vital for counter-narcotics surveillance operations on Pacific drug-running routes.

We can't even secure our own borders or put down an insurgence in a country we're occupying, but we can run surveillance operations on Pacific drug-runners. What's wrong with this picture?

[traviskicks]

Good for ecuador! Saving US taxpayer dollars when our politicians won’t.

[traviskicks]

It’s time we slap one down as an example. Yes I’m calling for military intervention.

So we should invade every rotting third world piece of earth? We should applaud this guy for standing up to the failed and counterproductive US 'war on drugs'; we should condemn him for pursing his leftist policies that are impoversihing his own country. The US has military in over 130 countries around the world, im not quite sure what is being accomplished in all those places.

[Skywalk]

You misread his statement.

“don’t” and “shouldN’T” meaning, that he does not believe that Americans should be silent about their government.

He then WENT ON to elaborate about what he meant with regard to Carter/Church and the expectations of conducting foreign policy in a certain, unrealistic way.

I’m not sure where you got the idea he was saying Americans shouldn’t question.

[Skywalk]

I forgot to ping you but billbear misread the poster’s statement. Disagree with the rest of his post all you want or let’s have a discussion but billbear clearly misread it as saying something totally objectionable to any member of FR when that is clearly (just read the statement) not what he meant or typed.

[School of Rational Thought]

Close the base and then close our borders. You don’t need that type of drug interdiction unless the US keeps an open border policy.

[rbmillerjr]

“...http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm...";

I understand where you’re coming from.

[Quackattack]

Billbears, that was a double negative. VOA was in complete agreement with you, that people should question their governments.

[VOA]

I don't think US citizens shouldn't question actions of THEIR government.

I apologize.
I didn't know I was setting a trap by my use of that most improper
form of English, the double negative.

Here is what I should have said to MAKE IT SIMPLE:
I believe US citizens should question actions of their government.

At the same time, I understand some US citizens believe there should
be no government secrets and no covert actions.
Even in a world where a phalanx of foreign powers practice
covert warfare against the USA as part of government policy.

And in this free country, I disagree with that point of view.