They say they don’t want foreign troops on their soil, but I think it’s just a simple case of America-hate. That sentiment has been growing strong since 2000. We’ve really got to put idiot republicans in charge more often!

Ecuador to shut down U.S. anti-drug operation

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States is losing access to one of its three counternarcotics bases in Latin America, U.S. military officials said Wednesday.

The Ecuadorian government has told the Bush administration it will not renew a 10-year agreement letting U.S. troops conduct anti-drug operations from Manta Air Base, an Ecuadorian Air Force installation, military officials said. [...]

“The Ecuadorian people do not want foreign troops on our soil, and the government has to follow the mandate of its people,” Luis Gallegos, Ecuador’s ambassador to the United States, said Wednesday.

“…the government has to follow the mandate of its people.”

Huh? What does that mean? Is that some new-fangled political ideology not heard of in our part of the world yet? Sounds like radical thinking. It’ll just end up causing them grief in the end.