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Oh come on. The US established itself as 'the world police' and built 900+ military bases around the globe to protect its own financial interests at the point
by ionised 8y ago
Oh come on.
The US established itself as 'the world police' and built 900+ military bases around the globe to protect its own financial interests at the point of a gun.
Let's not pretend it does any of this shit out of altruism.
- nosequel 8y agoIn many cases the countries have asked for the bases though. This is still happening today https://www.armytimes.com/news/2018/05/29/why-poland-wants-a-permanent-us-military-base-and-is-willing-to-pay-2-billion-for-it https://www.armytimes.com/news/2018/05/29/why-poland-wants-a...