Ecuador Opposes Outpost in American War on Drugs-(southern flank)

ny times ^ | 5/12/08 | By SIMON ROMERO

[Flavius]

ANTA, Ecuador — The scene at the Manta Ray Cafe, a mess hall here at the most prominent American military outpost in South America, suggests all is normal.

[Flavius]

good on times, looking south a bit

[SpaceBar]

Narco dollars allied with terrorism is the new communism.

[Flavius]

well if our compatriots stopped snorting it up the nose

maybe we’d have a chance

or maybe thats the problem to begin with

[Squantos]

Long time coming........

[Squantos]

Google’d Mantra Ecuador and hit map’s, zoom in on the map and push the satellite option on the map. The Airfield is just N/NE of the main town and surprise.......there’s an AWAC sittin on the tarmac near the beach side of the airfield.......:o)

[pnh102]

Grant their wish. Let's remove all our troops there and let the local economy grind to a halt.

You'd think these idiots would have learned a thing or two from the Vieques closure.

[secretagent]

...the American air station here is a critical component in the war on drugs in the Andes.

The War on Drugs is an immoral war, and wastes our wealth.

"How absurd", and then the next story comes.

[AlaskaErik]

Air Force personnel in jumpsuits preparing to board an Awacs surveillance plane leaf through dog-eared paperbacks.

Tard. Those are Nomex flight suits, not jumpsuits. Prison inmates wear jumpsuits. But I bet this America hating Slimes reporter knew that, but couldn't resist the dig.