1. But as a concession to Russia, only German forces would be stationed there. 2. Debates over how and where U.S. military forces should be stationed are a healthy part of presidential contests. 3. For now, the forces will be stationed separately, but he was hopeful that over time they could be joined. 4. For the first time, if all goes as planned, American forces would be stationed in territory that used to be part of the Soviet Union. 5. In addition, military forces will be stationed in and around the city. 6. It is egotistical for Americans to believe that the United States has done Japan a favor by defending it all these years by stationing its forces within the country. 7. NATO forces had been stationed in Macedonia, a former republic of Yugoslavia, as part of a peacekeeping mission that predated the current hostilities. 8. Russia also wants to station forces in the Italian as well as French, American and German sectors of Kosovo. 9. Since the Gulf War, the US has had forces stationed permanently in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other Arab states. 10. The Bush campaign is right when it insists that the United States must be selective in where it stations ground forces. |