Source is Linked below.

Highlights include: Actually about a fourth or so of these troops are at sea. . This is an estimate, so anywhere the US doesn’t acknowledge how many troops are there, Israel obviously, but also Syria. Have to rely on years old numbers from the pentagon. . US forces have occupied parts of Kuwait since the first invasion of iraq in 1991 - not news, but I didn’t know that., i mean, of course. just… never thought about it.-

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/american-troops-middle-east-israel-palestine

  • Hugh_Jeggs
    85·
    5 months ago

    Oh come on. Not everything.

    Just the global terrorism, destabilisation, and the killing of innocent people to satiate the greed of their fucking evil billionaires

    Other than that, I quite like my Leatherman multi tool thingy. Wouldn’t buy anything else from there mind you, but at least you have that

    • TheFriar
      12·
      5 months ago

      I agree that the US is an imperialist force that is quick to revert to occupying land that isn’t theirs. But stationing troops around the world is a very, very common thing.

        • TheFriar
          13·
          5 months ago

          I mean…what? No. It’s just foolish to attribute this to something extraordinary about US imperialism. There are plenty of actual things about US imperialism that need criticizing. We live in a globalized world, whether we like it or not. Pointing to something that is otherwise completely ordinary about today’s world as something extraordinary is…stupid.

          I’m with you, I wish the world was full of anarcho-syndicalist peacemakers living in harmony. But we don’t. If we want this particular aspect to change about today’s world, we need to revert back to pre-industrial technology and a completely different world order. I’m all for that. But it’s not realistic right now.

          Like, I get what you’re saying. Military might of industrialized superpowers is troubling and I wish it didn’t exist. Shit, I wish the concept of states didn’t exist. But picking this out of the incredibly complex system of today is like…hating the concept of murder and saying, “look at all these ice picks!” Like…sure. Those things are tied together, but it’s just nonsensical to get hung up on this otherwise kinda normal thing.

    • FMT99@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      5 months ago

      It’s just a little simplistic is all. I’m no fan of American foreign policy but to think it happens in a vacuum or that it is a uniquely American thing to enforce your global interests is a bit childish. They have wider reach than most but that’s a result of being more successful. Trying to project power is something every big nation does.

      And hell as evil overlords go, I’ll take Americans over the Chinese or Russians any day of the week.

      • smiling_big_baby_boy@midwest.social
        42·
        5 months ago

        The US state’s hegemony is the result of military & economic domination at a global scale. In a capitalist society success is measured by the amount of exploitation that occurs