[Bruce Campbells Chin]

And every single one of those is in a country that legitimately asked for them to be there. Or are you selling the "U.S. is a bunch of imperialistic capitalist dogs bent on conquering the world" slop that Moscow, Beijing, and the Blame America First crowd were selling during the Cold War?

[CodeToad]

Define “asked”. You obviously know little of international economics or relations. Financial incentives play the largest role.

I guess you would claim the Mexicans who participate with the drug cartels “asked” for that participation even though the cartels gave them a “plata o plomo” incentive.