You seem to have extensive knowledge about the subject, if you can off the top of your head know that 600 bases were welcomes by local governments. I personally

You seem to have extensive knowledge about the subject, if you can off the top of your head know that 600 bases were welcomes by local governments. I personally know of only 1, and no one wanted it there. Local government was bullied with thinly veiled suggestions of tariffs (or was it sanctions, I don't remember). It's not a coincidence at all, the US gained more and more power, and the USSR broke down. If you think there's a coincidence there you're not smart enough to be here.