Abandoning of Airbases and Military Aviation Facility Assets Overseas

Does it really make sense for the United States Militaryfutures.Currently our US Military is considering getting
to abandon old air bases over seas? Such importantrid of several over seas bases and those bases cost
assets may be needed in the future; perhaps not nowthe US Taxpayer billions to build. Often our rational is
or in this decade but at some point in the not so distantbased on money flows, trade deficits or political
future. We must consider the ever changing politicalnegotiation in the here and now and not thinking more
climate and the ways of the world before giving uplong-term down the road. One thing any historian learns
important military assets in far regions of the world.about allies and enemies is that like the Machiavellian
We will need these bases and it seems rather insaneworld of friends and foes, nothing every stays the
to simply walk from such vital facilities now, with suchsame and change, well that is just given.
an unknown number of potential eventualities and