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That list is wrong. At first glance the Vatican should be on it, the Falkland Islands shouldn't (not being a country), and Syria shouldn't. This very attack was
by iudqnolq 3y ago
That list is wrong. At first glance the Vatican should be on it, the Falkland Islands shouldn't (not being a country), and Syria shouldn't. This very attack was initially believed to have been against one of the US military bases in Syria.
As others have pointed out marine embassy guards exist. Many countries, including the US, also assign military attachés as diplomatic personnel.
A better metric is countries with a US base or cooperative security location. There are 80, or about 40% of all countries. Still high, but more more plausible. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/infographic-us-military-presence-around-the-world-interactive https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/infographic-us-mili...