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Old 07-30-2007, 03:52 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Katczinsky View Post
No. Technically it's the other way around. The United States owes trillions of borrowed dollars to foreign countries and investors. Ironically, much of that money goes to sustaining the over 700 military bases in nearly 36 countries worldwide. It hasn't much to do with 'protection' at all, but rather control.
It's all about maintaining US hegemony.

That's why the US has troops in over 120 countries.

That's why the US invaded Iraq, to put down a massive GI bootprint right in the middle of the middle east.

That's why there will still be significant US presence in Iraq 50 years from now.
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