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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMany Americans have cried foul against President Trump for\npulling our troops out of Syria and abandoning the Kurds. Yet, I have to ask,\ndo we ever really leave?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While many of our troops are now in Iraq some will stay\nbehind in Syria to protect the oil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our military, from the United States, is deployed in more\nthan 150 countries around the world with over 170,000 of our active duty\npersonnel serving in these different countries. We have 38 named bases with\nactive duty, National Guard, reserve, or civilian personnel located in\ndifferent countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afghanistan has about 10,000 U.S. troops, plus NATO\ntroops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seven thousand troops are stationed in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iraq still has 5,200 U.S. troops with more on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jordan is the home to 2,795 U.S. troops who have supported\noperations to defeat ISIS and promote the region’s stability. Over 13,000\nAmerican troops are stationed in Kuwait. This includes the U.S. Army Central’s\nforward headquarters. There are 13,000 American troops in Qatar with future\nplans to expand the base. The nation supports U.S. efforts to combat regional\nterrorism. 5,000 U.S. troops are stationed in the United Arab Emirates. This is\na tiny nation situated near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We still have over 40,000 soldiers in Germany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total we have over 60,000 active duty personnel in\nEurope, including Germany, Turkey, Italy, the UK and Spain. We have over 20,000\nAmerican soldiers in South Korea and over 40,000 in Japan not counting\nthousands of dependents. There are too many to list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In March President Trump was pushing a plan to charge allies\nthe cost of hosting U.S. troops in their countries, plus a 50 percent premium\nfor American protection according to news reports. I doubt Trump’s idea will\never happen but possibly some of these countries might be encouraged to\nbecoming more involved in their own defense. One of the many reasons we are\n“leaving” Syria is because our President is opposed to us continuing\nto be a police force, however, we are staying to police the oil from falling\nback into the hands of ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most Americans don’t want our troops being a police force in\nother nations. A big chunk of our financial problem is because of all the money\nwe’ve spent on these foreign wars, nation building and police protection. We\nstay and stay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, most of us don’t like that Turkey is attacking the\nKurds and we think they should stay within their border. We detest ISIS and we\nare all for anything that anybody can do to thwart or eliminate their movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, our military will never be able to just rest\nat home. If we don’t eliminate evil “over there” it will come here as\nproven at Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Towers. It’s better to try to stop\nISIS or the Taliban or whoever “over there” than trying to fight it\nhere. Eventually though, we have to leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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