Do any other nations have permanent foreign military bases?

[bluestateguy]

It seems like with the Soviet Union no more that the US is the only country that has some sort of "need" to have military bases all over the world. Do any other countries do this? I can just imagine the squawking that we would hear from the jingoists if a foreign military base were ever located on US soil.

[imenja]

1. Syria

in Lebanon. I'm sure there are others.

Britain must have some, in the Malvinas, for example.

[althecat]

3. The malvinas are part of GB...

[imenja]

5. only because they conquered them

Formal empire doesn't negate the fact they are bases. The US hasn't formalized it's empire. The British case is hardly better.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. A timeline of Falklands history

http://www.raf.mod.uk/falklands/linepre1982.html

[imenja]

13. your point?

[Art_from_Ark]

14. Read the timeline

The history of the islands is a little more complicated, especially in the 1830s when everything seems to have come to a head.

[imenja]

15. if you mean to make a point you need to say it

The Spanish abandoned the islands in 1811 because they were in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars. Ferdinand VII had been deposed from the throne, imprisoned in France, and Joseph Napoleon was put on the Spanish throne at that point. They lost control over the entirty of Spanish America at that point. The British also tried twice to seize Buenos Aires twice during that decade but were expelled by La Plata creole militias.

So is your argument that it was something other than conquest because the Spanish and creole elite were not in a position to defend it?

[althecat]

2. or perhaps....

Do any other nations have permanent foreign military bases in countries where they are not welcome?

[applegrove]

4. Canada has had one in Germany and Cypris (peacekeepers).

It seems like the plan is for USA to have bases in another 50 places. Can you afford that?

[purduejake]

7. Uh...

Who in the hell is going to occupy all of these bases? Do we even have that many people?

[applegrove]

8. "guest workers", debtors, people who need an operation for their wife...

[oblivious]

6. Don't know what to make of this but sounds strange coming from a US ally

General Musharraf recently indicated that he would not hesitate to provide base facilities to the Chinese navy in the Gwadar Port. China is reported to have agreed to strengthen Pakistan's naval muscle by the provision of new frigates.

http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=parthasarathy%2Fparthasarathy66.txt&writer=parthasarathy

Is it true?
What does 'base facilities' mean. It's surely not a permanent base.

[MnFats]

9. probably means whatever's convenient to Musharraf at the moment.

and probably can change from one day to the next if it's advantageous to Pakistan....

[rpannier]

10. Russia

It still has bases in the Republic of Georgia.

[pen dragon]

11. ancient rome had a lot of foreign bases

[left is right]

16. Yes, but in the last 1500 years are so

they have found them too expensive to maintain

[HysteryDiagnosis]

17. Nations with the most globalistic, corporate, hegemonistic traits probably

tend to have hundreds of bases around the world... call it coincidence.

[davepc]

18. A few

Russia has bases in several former republics such as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and even into the late 1990's had small bases in Vietnam and Cuba.

Britain still maintains forces in Germany, as does France, the Netherlands, and Italy (all as part of NATO arrangements)

France maintains instillations in several former colonies (French Guiana, New Caledonia, Antilles) as does the UK (Belize, Falkland Islands, Brunei) These vary from several thousand soldiers to a few hundred.

Cyprus is occupied by several countries, including the UK, Greece, and Turkey (as part of a UN arrangement)

India has several small instillations in central Asian countries (mainly air bases and military hospitals) notably Ayni airbase in Tajikistan.

Syria has troops in Lebanon (though this might change very soon)

The United States, by far, has the most foreign bases, with the largest numbers of soldiers.