I found this kinda funny. And if you think about it....If we do end up going to war with Ecuador, it'll be a shorter trip to kill at least those on the base here.


Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:38pm BST

By Phil Stewart

NAPLES (Reuters) - Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States wants to keep using an air base on Ecuador's Pacific coast.

Correa has refused to renew Washington's lease on the Manta air base, set to expire in 2009. U.S. officials say it is vital for counter-narcotics surveillance operations on Pacific drug-running routes.

"We'll renew the base on one condition: that they let us put a base in Miami -- an Ecuadorean base," Correa said in an interview during a trip to Italy.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUKADD25267520071022?pageNumber=1