GAO found Soto Cano’s original purpose gone but the base remained

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: Bureaucratic inertia kept Soto Cano open despite vanishished rationale — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 296; Even a Pentagon-backed study found Soto Cano serves no strategic purpose

Related

• Even a Pentagon-backed study found Soto Cano serves no strategic purpose (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 0.86)
• 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 0.84)
• The Pentagon’s own university called Soto Cano base pointless and costly (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Bureaucratic inertia kept Soto Cano open despite vanishished rationale #corroborates (0.90) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 296
• Even a Pentagon-backed study found Soto Cano serves no strategic purpose #corroborates (0.70)