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Sun Mar-07-10 08:55 PM
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Our armed forces are stationed in 176... |
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...foreign countries and territories.
Why? I thought we were broke?
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:03 PM
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1. Some like Japan, we have a treaty binding us |
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to protect their sovereignty. Others like Germany have had us there since the end of ww2. The basic idea is to serve american interest.
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:20 PM
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2. I think that includes embassy guards who are generally marines. |
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:48 PM
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3. part of the military industrial complex and to keep the only americans |
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employed since outsourcing
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Fri Apr 26th 2024, 09:49 AM
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