03-26-2004, 02:15 PM
Quote:In fact, some forward deployments will cost you time, because you have to get permission or you have to work things out" with host governments, he said.
Denying the US permission to use their air bases in Germany would have been a huge popularity boost for the German government in 2003. It would of course also have meant causing *severe* damage to the relationships with the US. This time, they did not dare to do that. We will see what the future brings...