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expensiveably more but that is speculation.t is mostly more expensive probably is the personnel costs, which, as you probably know, are a growing part of the u.s. military budget. host: the caller remembers a time when bases were kicked out of countries overseas. has that happened recently? did very quickly -- we mentioned this in our report. france did ask the u.s. to leave within a year. host: after world war to guest:? this was later than that. initially they were part of nato and then they made a calculation that was no longer in their interest. they asked u.s. forces to leave. that can happen. there are other instances when our needs are not met. the run-up to the gulf war the united states wanted to move ground forces from europe through turkey and go to northern iraq. the government refused passage of those forces. he had to find an alternative route. that does continue to happen. as i said before all of these bases, we repair essential at the pleasure of the host nations. host: what about the money we invest in those ba