>>Are you asking if we are going to maintain a permanent presence there? I don't think that is planned but I'm not privy to that kind of info.
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>Yep, that's what I was asking. And I read that your expectation is not. I understand that none of *us* knows official 'plans' but I think we both agree that nothing has been stated that leads us to believe there will be an on-going U.S. military presence after "withdrawl".
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>cheers
US has military presence in Japan, Germany and in other ex-"enemies" countries. Do they feel like they're being occupied?
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