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900 Bases in 153 Countries (Original Post)
Scuba
Sep 2014
OP
Umm... that's only if you count every embassy and consulate with Marine guards
Recursion
Sep 2014
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tularetom
(23,664 posts)1. For as much practice as we've had you'd think we'd be better at it
We don't even know who we're fighting against.
GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)2. I think if Bush was President ...
this OP would have a lot more recs.
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)3. indeed
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)5. Oh for sure!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. Umm... that's only if you count every embassy and consulate with Marine guards
There's an argument to be made, but that weakens it...
Enrique
(27,461 posts)8. i'm not sure about that
here's some information basically supporting the numbers in the OP, the numbers come mainly from the Pentagon, and I don't see anything about embassies or consulates
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)9. I don't think the article supports the OP.
However, we should add a caveat. In 56 of these 148 countries, the U.S. has less than 10 active-duty personnel present. These include such obscure locales as Mongolia, Nepal, Gabon, Togo and Suriname.
By contrast, the U.S. has disclosed only 13 countries outside the United States and its possessions that are host to more than 1,000 personnel. They are: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Japan, Bahrain, Djibouti, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
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According to this report, the U.S. has 662 overseas bases in 38 foreign countries, which is a smaller number than the 900 bases Paul cited. But here again, the list omits several nations integral to active operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, so its conceivable that the actual number of sites approaches 900.
By contrast, the U.S. has disclosed only 13 countries outside the United States and its possessions that are host to more than 1,000 personnel. They are: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Japan, Bahrain, Djibouti, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
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According to this report, the U.S. has 662 overseas bases in 38 foreign countries, which is a smaller number than the 900 bases Paul cited. But here again, the list omits several nations integral to active operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, so its conceivable that the actual number of sites approaches 900.
And are we to believe that the US holds 153 subject nations and satrapies?
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)6. They're just badly dressed tourists.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)7. RECOMMEND! THE US MILITARY IS THE PRIVATE WORLD POLICE FOR THE 1%
and we are paying in money, sweat, and blood to protect the global economic interests of oligarchs around the world.
Oktober
(1,488 posts)10. Yawn...