"why are American forces in these nations? Didn’t we win? Are we defending French cheese? German beer? Belgian chocolate? " " These nations won’t even defend their own national treasures. Why should we? "
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The only incorrect atatement in the article is that we can't remove troops from France, since there aren't any left.
---why are American forces in these nations?---
Because it's better to fight over there than over here. It's forward defence.