I don't know much about this at all, but from what I can gather the U.S. is wanting to withdraw a base from Iceland?
If that's the case, I don't think we should withdraw. Iceland would be strategic for missle defense. Again I have no idea of the background of the story.
Keflavik Iceland was probably the most important military base used for the tracking of Soviet subs during the cold war. It was from this base that most initial contact was made on subs at the onset of their patrol. ASW aircraft flew around the clock, overlapping missions for decades without a break. Operations from this base probably won the cold war for us. The Russkies could never get past the island without being hunted, detected and tracked until they went home. As old, antiquated, and unromantic as it was (and still is), the P3 Orion was the main player in this cat and mouse game. At times there would be a half dozen squadrons represented there at one time with as many planes in the air. It was definately a hot bed. There's not much left in strategic value to the base now however, for obvious reasons. That's why the usefullness of the base is coming into question. The way things are going between us and the EU, we may need Kef to keep track of EU subs sometime in the near future. I say we stay.