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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: pocotrader who wrote (1573542)11/25/2025 3:17:21 PM
From: Tenchusatsu1 Recommendation   of 1577807
 
Pocotrader,
I am shocked the USA has so many Military bases in foreign lands, the costs must be huge and why?
Most were likely constructed during the Cold War.

Then the War on Terrorism gave the U.S. military new reasons to keep these bases open.

Now the rise of China is giving us further excuses to keep our global reach extended for as long as possible.

The last three presidents (no, I won't count Trump twice) promised to reduce our military commitments.

Obama was supposed to be the peace president. He even won a Nobel Prize thanks to his promises alone. But in actuality Obama didn't do all that much to reduce our foreign presence.

Trump, of course, promised "America First" and nO nEw wArS, which he largely stuck to during his first term, but now has completely abandoned during his second.

Biden tried to reinstate Obama's foreign policy but really didn't do all that much, just like Obama.

I keep telling everyone. Isolationism is hard.

The temptation to "do something" is just too great.

Tenchusatsu
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