“U.S. has military bases in more than 40% of the “sovereign” nations of the world”
The US is invited into every one. We don’t take territory. That would be Russia and China.
Thank God we have allies who understand the evil in the world.
We have military bases in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Niger, Qatar, Kosovo, and Bahrain, among others.
I'm sure you would find that their understanding of 'evil' may be well out of pace with yours. Remember all the memes about how Islamists of the Middle East calling America 'the Great Satan'? Some 'allies'.
Here's the thing: the *only* reason America is able to get away with any of it is because of the geopolitical realities of being a Great Power, with a military and economy to back it up. That's the prime reason all of the cultural craziness we've exported from Hollywood and our universities has been tolerated: because we were the big dog on campus, and were willing to throw our weight around.
But as our cultural institutions have rotted away, and patriotic fervor waned, we've managed to coast by on that reputation as the world's lone superpower. But reputation doesn't last forever, as most recently seen in Afghanistan.
As America declines under the yoke of the current wokescolds and Leftist fools in our government and military staff, don't be surprised to find how fickle these 'allies' actually are, if they think they can get away with looking out for their own national interests for a change without America looming over their shoulders.