fred,

Exactly what bases does the US have in France? How many forces are stationed there?

Bases, forces, a garage full of MRE’s… all the same to you, right? you make it sound like it’s a bad thing.

It’s almost as bad as if your friend from way grade school was now a gazillionare, and just wanted to store his extra HDTV home theatre equipment in your basement. Or your living room. He don’t care. He’ll even thow in some surround sound speakers, show you on how to use it, (and in some cases, how to build it,) and pay you rent for it being there.

On second look, I seem to recall that both Australia and Canada are quite staunch US allies, and some mighty big countries. Can you remind me of the names and locations of all the US bases there? Or where the US stereo equipment is located?