Re:Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea
by newen on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:38AM
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Yes, it's similar to the situations in Japan and South Korea where the US has what are essentially US supporting puppet governments in power. It's impossible for these countries to kick the US military bases out of their lands.
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Re:Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea
by selimthegrim on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:44AM
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The Philippines did.
Re:Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea
by newen on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @12:08PM
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Because a volcano destroyed the bases. Not because the Philippines forced the US to leave.
Edit: And so what if bases are easy to rebuild? I'm talking about the politics of the matter. The US didn't want to spend money on rebuilding the base, so they didn't. The decision had nothing to do with the Philippines government. Which is my whole point. The Philippines government couldn't have kicked the US bases out if they wanted to.