THE EVIL EMPIRE LOOKS UNSTOPPABLE! But Goliath was slain by little David.

Hegemony Of The World:

The Evil Empire

Looks Unstoppable

But Goliath Was Slain

By Little David

And The Pharaoh Was

Destroyed By Poor Moses!

(M. Javed Naseem)

According to some old information (released by the Dept. of Defense), in 2001, the US

had more than 255,000 troops abroad, in about 156 countries of the world. By now, things have changed, and so are the numbers. Nobody knows for sure the exact numbers as US propaganda machine has been very active spreading lies.

The question is: Are all those military bases on foreign lands and the troops stationed abroad serving the cause of peace? Of course not! They are there to help the Evil Empire to keep control of the world’s wealth, natural resources and political activities. They are part of the imperial war machine that is killing innocent people in the name of peace, freedom and human rights. There seems to be no end in sight of those atrocities in the world, especially the Middle East; but the believing people are counting on the Divine intervention to get rid of this nasty cancer. Nations of the world find themselves helpless in front of this evil monster.

During the Republican presidential debate of September 2011, in Tampa, candidate Ron Paul (Republican from Texas) – a staunch advocate of limited government and a more modest military footprint – offered a surprising statistic about the reach of the U.S. armed forces in the entire world. He said:

"We're under great threat, because we occupy so many countries," Paul said. "We're in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world. We're going broke. The purpose of al-Qaida was to attack us, invite us over there, where they can target us. And they have been doing it. They have more attacks against us and the American interests per month than occurred in all the years before 9/11, but we're there occupying their land. And if we think that we can do that and not have retaliation, we're kidding ourselves. We have to be honest with ourselves. What would we do if another country, say, China, did to us what we do to all those countries over there?"

It is obvious that those military bases have been established for war, not for peace. For peace, you don’t need bombs and armed troops.

POLITIFACT adds :

We tallied up all the countries with at least one member of the U.S. military, excluding those with personnel deemed to be "afloat." We found U.S. military personnel on the ground in a whopping 148 countries -- even more than Paul had said. (There are varying standards for what constitutes a "country," so that may explain the divergence from Paul’s number.)

(Courtesy: https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/

According to Wikipedia:

The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world, with approximately 165,000 of its active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories.

Outside of active combat, US personnel are typically deployed as part of several peacekeeping missions, military attaches, or are part of embassy and consulate security. Nearly 40,000 are assigned to classified missions in locations that the US government refuses to disclose.

The following tables provide detail of various countries, listed by region, where US military are deployed. Countries with fewer than 100 personnel deployed are not specified. These numbers do not include any military or civilian contractors or dependents. Countries in which US military are engaged in combat operations are not included. The numbers are based on the most recent United States Department of Defense statistics as of December 31, 2018.

Americas:

Jurisdiction	Total	Army	Navy	USMC	USAF	USCG
Contiguous United States	1,097,831	381,376	276,025	147,813	255,975	36,642
Alaska	19,411	10,246	47	19	7,115	1,984
Cuba (Guantanamo Bay)	827	155	572	93	0	7
Honduras	400	224	3	22	150	1
Puerto Rico	160	93	27	22	18	0
Greenland	147	0	0	0	147	0
Canada	142	7	42	13	76	4
other	664	148	141	270	75	30
Total	1,119,582	392,249	276,857	148,252	263,556	38,668

East Asia and Southeast Asia:

Jurisdiction	Total	Army	Navy	USMC	USAF	USCG
Japan	56,213	2,659	20,722	20,827	11,988	17
South Korea	26,311	17,676	290	186	8,158	1
Thailand	305	43	8	225	29	0
Singapore	208	8	168	8	18	6
Philippines	152	9	10	123	9	1
other	105	29	36	17	21	2
Total	83,294	20,424	21,234	21,386	20,223	27

Europe:

US military bases in Germany in 2014

Jurisdiction	Total	Army	Navy	USMC	USAF	USCG
Germany	35,220	20,898	391	1,216	12,703	12
Italy	12,991	4,067	4,031	436	4,455	2
United Kingdom	9,119	306	204	16	8,570	23
Spain	3,346	27	2,488	469	362	0
Belgium	1,074	661	40	9	363	1
Norway	619	27	5	549	37	1
Netherlands	411	136	29	2	213	31
Greece	410	9	378	1	22	0
Portugal	230	3	45	1	181	0
Hungary	205	5	141	0	59	0
Poland	158	45	82	4	27	0
Romania	111	5	90	4	12	0
other	218	91	31	23	70	3
Total	64,112	26,280	7,955	2,730	27,074	73

Pacific Ocean:

Jurisdiction	Total	Army	Navy	USMC	USAF	USCG
Hawaii	43,256	16,094	13,781	7,058	5,111	1,212
Guam	6,242	192	3,975	27	2,048	0
Australia	248	37	66	52	93	0
other	40	23	4	7	5	1
Total	49,786	16,346	17,826	7,144	7,257	1,213

North Africa and West Asia:

Jurisdiction	Total	Army	Navy	USMC	USAF	USCG
Bahrain	4,376	20	3,319	697	23	317
Kuwait	1,840	690	3	1,110	37	0
Turkey	1,681	139	6	4	1,532	0
Qatar	521	257	3	25	236	0
United Arab Emirates	403	26	16	277	84	0
Saudi Arabia	322	214	21	22	55	10
Egypt	300	264	12	1	23	0
other	239	76	23	96	44	0
Total	9,682	1,686	3,403	2,232	2,034	327

Sub-Saharan Africa, Central & South Asia, and Indian Ocean:

Jurisdiction	Total	Army	Navy	USMC	USAF	USCG
British Indian Ocean Territory	297	0	260	0	37	0
other	629	144	36	343	105	1
Total	926	144	296	343	142	1

Unspecified:

Jurisdiction	Total	Army	Navy	USMC	USAF	USCG
Domestic	5,877	5,877	0	0	0	0
Overseas	5,790	104	6	3,743	1,099	838
Total	11,667	5,981	6	3,743	1,099	838

(Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_deployments)

From: Covert Geopolitics

On the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Baltimore University hosted more than 200 activists in the peace, environment, and social justice movements to launch a new initiative known as the Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases, the Nation reported on January 2018:

“In a series of panels that lasted over two days, the conference attendees highlighted the horrors of American foreign policy despite the fact Martin Luther King warned against these horrors over 50 years ago, a fitting reminder to heed the warnings of Dr. King.

According to the panel, the U.S. has over 800 formal military bases in 80 countries, “a number that could exceed 1,000 if you count troops stationed at embassies and missions and so-called ‘lily-pond’ bases, with some 138,000 soldiers stationed around the globe,” the Nation notes.”

“According to David Vine, author of Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Overseas Harm America and the World, maintaining bases and troops overseas cost $85 to $100 billion in 2014, while the total for bases and troops in war zones was between $160 billion and $200 billion.”

“The Nation also highlighted Vine’s claim that only some 11 other countries have bases in foreign countries, around 70 altogether. Russia is believed to have at least 26 bases in nine countries. They are mainly in former Soviet states, as well as Syria and Vietnam. The U.K., France, and Turkey have around four to ten bases each, and a handful of global bases are occupied by India, China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. This might all change in the years to come, however, as China may be looking to build bases of its own in the Middle East.” 

“Once the U.S. establishes itself militarily in a nation, it rarely leaves. Consider that after the defeat of Germany in World War II, the U.S. never left the country. It has maintained its bases there ever since. Germany’s Ramstein base is now the ‘hub’ for America’s global drone assassination program throughout the Middle East.”

The British spy agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has been using a base in North Yorkshire called Menwith Hill to assist with America’s targeted killings in the Middle East, using an unknown number of employees.

This is but one example of how American bases overseas can be used to commit mass suffering in the Middle East, and the effects of these bases on the local populations are far too many to document.”

It may be for this reason that the Nation, one of the few outlets to document this issue over the past few years, is highlighting the movement to bring an end to this disastrous and unnecessary foreign policy, which at its heart turns local populations against the U.S. across the globe. (Source: The Anti-Media).

(Courtesy: https://geopolitics.co/2019/03/08/the-us-empire-has-up-to-1000-military-bases-in-80-countries/) 

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