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Originally Posted by Robbie
You are predicating that based on our military fighting wars constantly.
Maybe if we weren't occupying all these countries we wouldn't have to have medical care for our wounded. That's what I'm saying.
We shouldn't be in these countries with our military.
Our own citizens would NEVER stand for another country to station their military troops on OUR soil.
Seriously...think about it. We fought World Wars over that kind of thing, and now here we are doing the same stupid thing that has been done throughout history by failed "empires". And it never ends well.
I don't think we should be "isolationists", because that is impossible anyway in the information age. But we should NOT be trying to rule and lord over other countries because we don't like them.
Jesus...we POUNDED Libya and then turn a blind eye to Syria. The hypocrisy is just unreal.
And we both know the only reason to have bases in Germany and Japan is to allow our military to attack countries in Europe, The Middle East, and Asia whenever our "interests" are threatened.
It's just not right. And it's not supposed to be what America stands for.
And we are BROKE and can't afford this insanity anymore.
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What you are saying may or may not be correct, but currently, for all the shit we are in, it does serve that purpose and many others. I'm predicating my statement on things that are happening RIGHT NOW.
Agree with the wars(god knows i don't) or agree with them. That base still serves several MAJOR functions to current ops.
I would also disagree with your point that the sole purpose of these bases is offense when they can just as, or more than, be useful for defense. This specific base does make a great staging point.