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How 800 U.S. Military Bases Abroad Jeopardizes National Security - Guest - 11-29-2021
How 800 U.S. Military Bases Abroad Jeopardizes National Security
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With the U.S. military having withdrawn many of its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans would be forgiven for being unaware that hundreds of U.S. bases and hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops still encircle the globe. Although few know it, the United States garrisons the planet unlike any country in history, and the evidence is on view from Honduras to Oman, Japan to Germany, Singapore to Djibouti.
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Like most Americans, for most of my life, I rarely thought about military bases. Scholar and former CIA consultant Chalmers Johnson described me well when he wrote in 2004, ââ¬ÅAs distinct from other peoples, most Americans do not recognizeââ¬âor do not want to recognizeââ¬âthat the United States dominates the world through its military power. Due to government secrecy, our citizens are often ignorant of the fact that our garrisons encircle the planet.ââ¬Â
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How 800 U.S. Military Bases Abroad Jeopardizes National Security - Guest - 11-29-2021
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