Even a Pentagon-backed study found Soto Cano serves no strategic purpose

Evidence

Still, Soto Cano didn’t close. While overall U.S. military spending in Honduras declined significantly, “exercises were continuing through sheer bureaucratic inertia,” one former Army and Foreign Service officer explains. “Even though the original rationale for the base was disappearing, no one seemed to be considering packing up and going home.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 296 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: GAO found Soto Cano’s original purpose gone but the base remained; Bureaucratic inertia kept Soto Cano open despite vanishished rationale — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 296

Related

• GAO found Soto Cano’s original purpose gone but the base remained (similarity 0.98)
• Bureaucratic inertia kept Soto Cano open despite vanishished rationale (similarity 0.95)
• Bureaucratic inertia kept a pointless U.S. base operating after its mission ended (similarity 0.91)
• The military’s own defense university deemed Soto Cano counterproductive (similarity 0.87)
• The Pentagon’s own university called Soto Cano base pointless and costly (similarity 0.85)
• Even GAO and officials saw Soto Cano as no longer needed (similarity 0.85)
• After the Cold War even U.S. officials judged Soto Cano base missionless (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Bureaucratic inertia kept Soto Cano open despite vanishished rationale #corroborates (0.80) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 296