Following its bombing of Iraq in 1991, the United States wound up with military bases in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Following its bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the United States wound up with military bases in Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary, Bosnia and Croatia.
Following its bombing of Afghanistan in 2001-2, the United States wound up with military bases in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Yemen and Djibouti.
Following its bombing and invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United States wound up with Iraq.
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Fifty-eight years after World War II ended, the United States still has major bases in Germany and Japan; firfty years after the end of he Korean War, tens of thousands of American armed forces continue to be stationed in South Korea.
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This is not very subtle foreign policy. Certainly not covert. The men who run the American Empire are not easily embarrassed.
--Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, by William Blum, Updated Edition 2004, p.383
We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire, and we warn the American people that imperialism abroad will lead quickly and inevitably to despotism at home. -- 1900 Democratic Party National Platform, presumably when the Democratic Party actually was.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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