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To: rbmillerjr; Alberta's Child
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.

113 posted on 03/29/2022 2:54:58 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Most of those bases are in strategic areas. That’s about access and location. When Trump comes back, the first thing he should do is tell SA, to open up the oil, or we are closing down our bases and stopping military aid to them. Biden screwed that up too. SA biggest enemy is Iran and we are basically going to redline them nuclear capability.

Turkey is a NATO country, barely, but again, access.

Reagan had a great saying, “if they vote for me, that means they endorse me, it doesn’t mean I endorse them.? Same for military bases.


115 posted on 03/29/2022 3:01:30 PM PDT by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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