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    Ecuador wants military base in Miami

    Quote Originally Posted by ICH
    "We'll renew the base on one condition: that they let us put a base in Miami -- an Ecuadorean base," Correa said in an interview during a trip to Italy.

    "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."
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.inf ... e18609.htm

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    Re: Ecuador wants military base in Miami

    Quote Originally Posted by seabhcan
    Quote Originally Posted by ICH
    "We'll renew the base on one condition: that they let us put a base in Miami -- an Ecuadorean base," Correa said in an interview during a trip to Italy.

    "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."
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.inf ... e18609.htm

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    yeah...fair play to him...what a man...
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    The US should give it to them. Ecuador won't know what to do with it, but they are certainly entitled to it.

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    If the US has a base in Ecuador, ostensibly to monitor the supply of narcotics, Ecuador should have a facility from where the can monitor the demand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thac0man
    The US should give it to them. Ecuador won't know what to do with it, but they are certainly entitled to it.
    Give them a small naval base so they can have visiting ships and personnel like from Cuba, Russia etc

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