![]() ![]() Altogether, we support at least 700, and as many as 900, overseas military facilities. Instead, a profusion of "lily pads," small, secretive, temporary facilities are springing up in remote locations like the deserts of Mauritania, the jungles of Honduras, and the small Australian Coco Islands. Though economic reality is forcing us to replace those perfect recreations of idyllic, small American towns with stripped-down, utilitarian facilities, there has been no decrease in the defense budget. We're no longer building the permanent, family-friendly, colossally expensive mega-bases of my childhood. Okinawa is a particularly revealing lens through which to look at the empire of bases our military has established around the globe. ![]()
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