From: "Phil Payne" 

> > At about 7km by 5km (four-and-a-half miles by three miles), the al-Asad
base
> > is so big two bus routes are needed. "
> >
> > That's a lot of taxes.
> >
>
> They're not going to stay. The Iraqis will keep on fighting till the
> last foreign troops are gone.

I remember hearing a statistic about Alconbury many years ago that amazed
me - the percentage of Americans on there who had never left the base - not
even once during their whole tour - and a percentage well into the high 90s
left it only once a month.

And that was where and when the natives were friendly.

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