The only justifiable reason would be to have a place to send sad sacks that you want to punish.
because they speak English ?
It’s vast technology and Quantum Physicists?...
Answering the title question from the article, “It is the second-largest producer of cocoa in the world.”
The United States has hundreds of bases around the world. The vast majority are not manned. They are a designated area with, perhaps, a few buildings some of which are decades old and not occupied. At the start of the Gulf War a friend was a crewman on a US cargo plane that flew into what had been an allied air base in the Mediterranean during WWII. It was a tine waterless rock in the sea with an air strip, little vegetation and a suspiciously good runway although covered with sand. They landed and unloaded tons of cargo. Which, in a few days, was all you needed for a base...housing, cooking equipment, etc.
I’ve read there are some unknown quantities of “bases” in Africa that consist of a runway, a building and no stored assets. The assets are flown in. One of these was an operating drone base in mere days used to support something the substance of which has escaped my mind. What we have are agreements with many nations that allow the US the flexibility to move anything anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice. No one else in the world has anything like this and it’s necessary if our intent is to support any mission the government decides we must undertake.
Why would someone in Sri Lanka care? Did China approve this message?
Anybody Ghana answer this question???
The author is a socialist and writes article that promote a pro-socialist, anti-Western viewpoint.
Article is as expected.
The only reason the government supports the base is that they know, no one will mess with them as long as the gringos are around. It's smart self preservation.
Why do we need military in the US? I doubt there will be any need to use them here.
What a silly little piece. The motivation for a US base is money. This article is written by a CCP source trying to scold us for doing the same thing they are doing in Africa.
No good reason. Bring them home.
It is probably a bio lab.
Status of Forces Agreement covers the stationing of armed forces personnel without a VISA or use of a passport, e.g., Japan, The Netherlands, Korea, etc., as well as traveling on a leave status on military orders - no passport. This is just uninformed.
The United States stations its military presence on the African continent having to do with its counterterrorism campaign and aims to prevent the entry of China into this region. We have never had more than 16K personnel in Ghana and it has been a joint exercise and training location for both countries for over 20 years. This year, the United States is investing over $20 million in training and equipment for the Ghanaian armed forces. We share both combat processes and their bases. We have no base of our own. At best, warehousing.
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Looking at a map of Africa, one sees that Gahana lies halfway between Liberia and Nigeria. Liberia was established by the U.S in the mid-1800s as a “return to Africa” home for freed slaves.
We had bases there during WWII as a logistical point and refueling point for US transport aircraft and bombers flying the “southern route” from the US-Brazil-Africa-North Africa & Europe.
Nigeria is an oil rich nation which has long been allied to the U.S. Current there are internal wars between radical Muslims and Christians over the control of the country, with may massacres of Christian settlements and church congregations by those Muslims.
Sounds like a good staging area to start shipping them back.
Because we are governed by idiots?
The same reason we have bases all over the world.
Forward op centers for when you need them
Why not turn it into a prison for certain prisoners, black and white, whom we don’t ever want back in the USA. Once their prison term is served, give the Ghana government money to watch them in Ghana.