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Submitted by Dan Jacoby on 31 May 2008 - 1:27pm.

The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is standard practice whenever we create an American military base in another country. SOFAs always -- always -- involve some loss of sovereignty for the "host" country. For example, because of our SOFAs with Japan, American marines who rape local girls can get extraordinary protection from prosecution.

There are excellect accounts of the consequences of SOFAs in Chalmers Johnson's books, "Blowback," "The Sorrows of Empire," and "Nemesis." I highly recommend them; they should be required reading for anyone considering getting involved in U.S. foreign policy.

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