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

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:05:17 -0700 (PDT), patmpowers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

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

One of the reasons given by Bin Laden for 9/11.

After which they invaded Iraq and moved them there.