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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere in the World Is the U.S. Military? Everywhere.
As we enter the 17th year of the United States' "war on terror," it is both appropriate, and necessary, to take stock of where our troops are located and for what purpose. The deaths of U.S. soldiers this fall in Niger were a stark reminder that much of the American public, and even many of our country's lawmakers, aren't exactly sure what the war on terror looks like, much less where many of our other military operations are located. According to a new map published this week by the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the U.S. is waging this war on terror in 76 countries or more simply put, 40 percent of the countries on this planet.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2018-01-12/us-counterterrorism-forces-are-active-in-many-more-places-than-you-know?src=usn_tw
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Where in the World Is the U.S. Military? Everywhere. (Original Post)
pbmus
Jan 2018
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underthematrix
(5,811 posts)1. US military should be barred from every country on the African continent
Every last one.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)3. Russian and China would love this.
Especially China. Africa is full of mineral resources and the labor to mine them. China would happily occupy this continent.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)4. I don't have a problem with China. I have a problem with the spread of
the depravity of white supremacy. It's one of the, if not the most destructive global forces EVAR.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)2. Why doesn't it show any presence in Poland and the Baltic states?