It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil.

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Some in Washington think that having such a vital base on Polish soil should be honour enough.

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Because the base is not considered U.S. soil, refugees would not have had the right to apply for asylum.

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That could possibly mean leaving their income revenues on foreign soil, such as Apple is doing or taking flight altogether to move their base of operations to more attractive destinations, such as threatened by the angry birds of France.

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Soldiers may be getting it from soil or from field hospitals in Iraq or even the big U.S. base in Landstuhl, Germany.

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