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ashredux

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33. Security? The US has had up to dozens of bases there. We closed them all but a few.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:21 PM

Jan 2026

If we want to open other bases there, they are more than happy to have them. We don’t have to “take them over“ for security. This one’s so transparent it’s ridiculous.

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