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Today that is an US base, it doesn't matter if it existed before or not. The US has not "maintained" the presence in Germany and Japan. US still maintains pres

by binarray2000 7y ago

Today that is an US base, it doesn't matter if it existed before or not. The US has not "maintained" the presence in Germany and Japan. US still maintains presence there. And that 75 years after the WWII ended! Also: The US has fought a major war with Germany and Japan and after their defeat it occupied them (still ocupies them?). All that does bot apply to the former USSR.

throwaway_tech 7y ago
> it doesn't matter if it existed before or not. In the context of your "honest question" it matters. The US was conducting military operations in nearby Afghanistan and there was an unused military base nearby that the US could lease and the US leased it...its not their base or their land, its leased and belongs to Uzbekistan. >The US has not "maintained" the presence in Germany and Japan. US still maintains presence there. And that 75 years after the WWII ended! I am having a hard time following your English, but you seemed surprised the US would have a base in former enemy territory (USSR). So here is a question, how much military experience do you have if any? Because it seems to be basic military strategy, going back to the times of Alexander the Great. >The US has fought a major war with Germany and Japan and after their defeat it occupied them (still ocupies them?) Well the US and USSR engaged in a very lengthy cold war...the USSR was defeated resulting in their own voluntary dissolution. And no the US does not occupy Japan or Germany. We maintain a presence...the same as we maintain a presence in South Korea ever since the Korean war (and South Korea was never our enemy), we certainly don't occupy them. Here is a list of Russian Military Bases around the World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_military_bases_abroad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_military_bases...), as you will note, they have bases in former territories they once occupied/controlled and no longer do. Of course Crimea is of particular concern as that was a sovereign territory and Russian recently violated their sovereignty with illegal use of military force and annexation.

throwaway_tech 7y ago

> it doesn't matter if it existed before or not. In the context of your "honest question" it matters. The US was conducting military operations in nearby Afghanistan and there was an unused military base nearby that the US could lease and the US leased it...its not their base or their land, its leased and belongs to Uzbekistan. >The US has not "maintained" the presence in Germany and Japan. US still maintains presence there. And that 75 years after the WWII ended! I am having a hard time following your English, but you seemed surprised the US would have a base in former enemy territory (USSR). So here is a question, how much military experience do you have if any? Because it seems to be basic military strategy, going back to the times of Alexander the Great. >The US has fought a major war with Germany and Japan and after their defeat it occupied them (still ocupies them?) Well the US and USSR engaged in a very lengthy cold war...the USSR was defeated resulting in their own voluntary dissolution. And no the US does not occupy Japan or Germany. We maintain a presence...the same as we maintain a presence in South Korea ever since the Korean war (and South Korea was never our enemy), we certainly don't occupy them. Here is a list of Russian Military Bases around the World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_military_bases_abroad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_military_bases...), as you will note, they have bases in former territories they once occupied/controlled and no longer do. Of course Crimea is of particular concern as that was a sovereign territory and Russian recently violated their sovereignty with illegal use of military force and annexation.