On Jul 24, 1:19 pm, Douglas Berry <penguin_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:10:36 +0100 "Katt" <kahgfgh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> carved
> the following into the hard stone of alt.atheism
>
> >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..."
>
> Define "military presence" Does this count USMC Embassy Guards? The US
> Navy weather stations in Greenland? Two field grade officers and a
> small staff posted to Outer Wayouttherestan to train locals on the
> equipment their government has bought? How about US troops taking part
> in UN or NATO missions? Troops get around, and some of these presences
> are as simple as US troops attending training in a nation.
>
> Oh, a short list of nations having a military presence in the US:
>
> Germany.
> Canada.
> The United Kingdom.
> Japan.
> Saudi Arabia.
> Jordan.
> Egypt.
> Republic of Korea.
>
> All these have a significant number of troops assigned inside the US
> at any given time. Germany maintains an entire Luftwaffe squadron at
> Holloman AFB for training
> --
OK, does anyone have a list of nations with a US military base?
A "force" could mean anything unless it's defined. I know Australia
has what amounts to an NSA base, but not specifically a military base,
and that was protested quite a bit (again with no result).
Al
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