04-08-2003, 11:33 AM
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Originally posted by Skunk:
Off the top of my head, Dhahran, Jidda, Riyadh and I think that there are four other 'official bases' and several other 'unofficial' bases.
Also the presence of United States forces helps to keep the ruling royal family [read: dictatorship] in power.
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Those are cities not bases...name the bases.
As for keeping the Royal family in power....nope not even close. US military presence is not making the royal family many friends in the arab world, and those forces are not there acting as police for the royals.
Edit: Just because there are a few military people in a place does not make it a base.
[ 04-08-2003, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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