I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?
Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?
The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.
