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Overseas bases do not just exist to protect other nations. They allow for us to project power quickly to regions where tensions or conflict flare up so that we can help defend our allies in these regions, and resolve small problems before they spiral out of control. They also serve as a means of deterrence.
They are absolutely worth the cost, and absolutely worth having.
And yet, when Trump proposes withdrawing US troops from some of these countries and bringing them home-he is attacked by those on the left. I hope he stands up and continues his efforts to gut Obama's disastrous legacy and withdraw our troops where they have no reason to be-and no reason to die. Syria tops the list.
It's not “Obama's disastrous legacy.”
He didn't put troops in the vast majority of those countries.
We said the same thing about Nazi Germany pre-1939. We said the same thing even AFTER Europe was being taken over by the Nazi's. Eventually, we realized 'not our business, not our problem' was a pretty idiotic strategy...
Keep the bases open.
Of course C-D's resident Trotskyite chimes in with more nonsense.
Taxation is theft, and if you want to play Rambo, you pay for it out of your own pocket.
If I pay for them myself, then you need to move out of the country as you would not be contributing to the defense of the country you live in and enjoy.
We said the same thing about Nazi Germany pre-1939. We said the same thing even AFTER Europe was being taken over by the Nazi's. Eventually, we realized 'not our business, not our problem' was a pretty idiotic strategy...
Keep the bases open.
We don't need to be everywhere all the time. If this kind of thing happens again (and it has, but America only cares when there is oil involved), we can join other countries to fight it.
Close them and bring everyone home.
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