Re: possibly OT... US forces around the world... Is this really

On Jul 23, 11:10=A0am, "Katt" <kahgfgh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Saw this somewhere and wondered if it's actually accurate...
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> "Wa****ngton and its apologists continually insist that the US is 'not an
> imperial power'. Yet of the 192 supposedly 'sovereign' states recognised
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> the United Nations, no fewer than *133* have a US military presence -- =
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> which, in each and every case, the population was not consulted about;
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> not vote for; and cannot choose to remove..."
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> Anyone know how I can confirm the figures...? The '192' does appear in
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> wikipedia page for the UN...
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> Ta.
>
> K.

It's a load of BS.  In many cases the locals want the troops there
because they can make money off of them, example Germany.  The
Phillipines had the huge US naval base at Subic Bay removed, and all
US troops are out of Saudi Arabia because the Saudis didn't want them.