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If a border is where each nation's ambition should stop, is it really necessary for the US to have it's special forces deployed in 138 nations, and military bases in 63 countries?*
Your Comment:
Our overseas bases are subject to SFAs with the host country. We have a Navy with ships on all the world's oceans to keep them free and open for all countries who abide by international laws. We also prevent piracy.
My Response:
I don't know what an SFA is, but I suspect that it is an agreement between the US and the host country on our use of a military base in that country. Question for you. What if the host country requests that the US close that base and withdraw it's host troops from that country. Will we honor their request?
"On Thursday Iraqi Prime Minister Mahdi phoned Pompeo to urgently request that Washington enact a US troop “withdrawal mechanism” in Iraq. American troops are in Iraq by invitation of the Iraqi government and the Iraqi government had just voted to revoke that invitation.
The State Department responded with a statement titled “The US Continued Partnership with Iraq,” in which it essentially said that the US would not abide by the request of its Iraqi partners because the US military is a “force for good” in the Middle East and that as such it is “our right” to maintain “appropriate force posture” in the region."
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/01/ron-paul/us-to-iraq-vote-all-you-want-were-not-leaving/How about the situation in Syria. The US established several military bases without Syria's permission, and against Syria's will. We continue to occupy THEIR oil field, and deny them the use of THEIR oil. How do you reconcile the border argument in these two cases?
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At what point does Nationalism morph into Imperialism?
Your Comment:
When they try to annex other lands, peoples, and countries. What has America tried to annex lately?
My Response:
I don't disagree with your answer, but I would expand the actions that you listed to include CIA coups against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, etc., destabilization attempts like Syria, numerous false flag events, foreign interference in the elections of other countries, punishing sanctions on other countries in an attempt to force the population into regime change. These are all actions that go outside our border and interfere with another nations sovereignty.
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