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May 14, 2010
Our best bulwarks
Pantomime: Near bankruptcy, the Greeks are to provide France and Germany with billions in arms sales from the money they are lending Greece.
Franco-German lawmaker Daniel Cohn-Bendit said that Paris and Berlin are seeking to force Prime Minister George Papandreou to spend Greece’s scarce cash on submarines, a fleet of warships, helicopters and war planes.
In earnest: Japan is to establish a naval base in the Gulf of Aden.
Japan plans to establish a $40 million strategic naval base in the Horn of Africa state of Djibouti, where U.S. and French forces are deployed to combat al-Qaida jihadists.
The facility, intended to boost the fight against Somali pirates preying on vital shipping lanes, will be Japan's first foreign military base since World War II.
The facility, intended to boost the fight against Somali pirates preying on vital shipping lanes, will be Japan's first foreign military base since World War II.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at May 14, 2010 12:14 PM
