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To: Thunder 6
That they were able to mass the entire battalion fires says something critical about this new training area. Basically, it says they should keep it. There are few places you can train like that.

The handwriting is on the wall for Germany.

They should change the entire maneuver damage mindset in Czech and other new locations. Any damage anywhere within the boundaries of an entire training area should be cost free and a matter of business. Any damage outside that area should be replacement cost only.

If the host nation's law allows lawsuits to recover the years of eggs that chicken would have laid and 3 generations thereafter, then that should be a cost that the host agrees to accept as a peculiarity of their own law.

We need to negotiate this now while the host countries clamor for the US presence.

14 posted on 05/22/2003 5:32:53 AM PDT by HatSteel
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To: HatSteel
Agree. I've seen training areas in Czech, Poland, and Hungary...it appears the Warsaw Pact knew what they were doing when it came to real estate. A challenge going into some of the former WP TA's might be the environmental damage that was left when the Soviets departed. Still, some wonderful opportunities to assist "New Europe".
regards,
16 posted on 05/25/2003 6:06:38 AM PDT by Thunder 6
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