And who poses the real threat to world peace here?

...That policy which pretends to aspire to peace but unerringly generates war, the policy of continual preparation for war, the policy of meddlesome interventionism. There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack. If the interests were not Roman, they were those of Rome’s allies; and if Rome had no allies, then allies would be invented. When it was utterly impossible to contrive such an interest — why, then it was the national honor that had been insulted. The fight was always invested with an aura of legality. Rome was always being attacked by evil-minded neighbors, always fighting for a breathing space. The whole world was pervaded by a host of enemies, and it was manifestly Rome’s duty to guard against their indubitably aggressive designs

Joseph Schumpeter (and quoted by Michael Parenti)

Shoutout to the 46 troops in Peru

I am legitimately curious what 46 troops over 2 bases are accomplishing. I mean, obviously nothing but I wonder what they are supposed to accomplish.
Is it just so CIA assets have staging grounds in south america?
- I'm also wondering what the ~50,000 people in Japan are doing all day.
- Yes. They likely provide plausible deniability for CIA activities. That, or it’s field training for the material taught at the school of the Americas, and/or liaisons with cartels
- Is it just so CIA assets have staging grounds in south america?
  this sounds the most likely, they did this all the time during the cold war
- That's where we get our cocaine.
- It's most likely a joint drug taskforce.
  EDIT: ~~Actually, I think most of these are troops deployed on United Nations peacekeeping assignments. Thats the only way Japan makes sense.~~ Nevermind, this is US troop deployments.

United States of Wars

That's where we get our sadness.

guantanamo bay has the torture number

That's where we get our rocks off.

Damn, must be a party in Peru.

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okay who has the jakarta method and killing hope links
- You just gave me two more books to read!

I don’t understand why there are foreign military bases in other countries. Do they serve a purpose other than imperialism? Do they act like embassies for visitors? It just seems very odd to me.

it's just colonialism
Bases in South America: control the “backyard” of America. Ensure that cartels discipline domestic labor and provide cheap labor and drugs without disrupting your own country too much
Bases in Europe: leading your white coalition, monitoring Russia, scaring the “civilized continent” into submission with “uncivilized” migrants and ideologies, deindustrialization
Bases in Africa: extremely important minerals and raw material for your empire, getting closer to China, enforce extreme poverty, combating Russian and Chinese influence
Bases in ME: control oil vassals to placate voters at home, funding and training of terrorists with oligarch support and domestic disdain - good for covert ops and election fear mongering, borders China, enforce extreme poverty
Bases in Asia: surround China, provoke China, control South Korea and Japan
Bases in Australia: close to China, launching zone
- So you see, as someone with a heart and soul I view using the military for purposes such as securing minerals and raw materials as a huge waste and downright stupid. Wouldn’t diplomats and form of “Soft Power” be better suited for this area?
  When it comes to what military bases are used for in other parts of the world, specifically for preparing war against China and escalations with Russia, I have no real alternative except maybe just don’t do that. Take your troops back home and leave everyone alone. It’s naive and maybe juvenile but so is putting basses around the world to provoke violence.
One of the most frustrating things as a communist is seeing so many resources that could be used for common good being devoted to fucking colonialism
- It’s unfortunate people still buy into the whole “fighting for your freedom” thing.

Is this complete? I would be sure it was a base in Colombia.

No, the map was selected highlights (doesn’t add to 750 if you look at numbers even approximately)

The people of Ryukyu (Okinawa), which are already occupied once by Japan, do not want the US there. This is a regular subject of protests in the region, and the single largest defining aspect of politics. The current governor of Okinawa is staunchly against the US occupation of his territory because they cause endless hardship for the locals. US soldiers continue to kill and rape innocent people here on a regular basis.
You will be hard-pressed to find people here that are excited about the US military bases, outside the US lapdogs in the government. If we held a referendum on the topic tomorrow, it would probably be the biggest voter turnout Japan has ever seen.
South Korea is basically the same, albeit with even more sexual assaults than we have to deal with.
You realise this map also includes Cuba, Germany, ROK, Japan, Kuwait, Italy, and Peru?
Cuba?
- cuba, well known for loving american troops on their soil
caused the whole world to suffer
In addition to what others have already said, this line in particular is complete bullshit. The vast majority of the world doesn't care about Ukraine in any way beyond "war is bad," and indeed a large chunk of the global south has expressed that the war is entirely the West's fault for provoking Russia constantly since the collapse of the USSR. The only people suffering from the war are in Ukraine, Russia, or any of a number of European nations that were strong-armed into shutting off their access to Russian fossil fuels by the US so American oil companies could dominate the energy markets in that region of the world at the expense of workers who saw their utility bills go up 4x overnight.
- The vast majority of the world doesn't care about Ukraine in any way beyond "war is bad," and indeed a large chunk of the global south has expressed that the war is entirely the West's fault for provoking Russia constantly since the collapse of the USSR. The only people suffering from the war are in Ukraine, Russia, or any of a number of European nations that were strong-armed into shutting off their access to Russian fossil fuels
  Well, no. Those aren’t the only people suffering. Millions of people are suffering due to the grain deal falling apart. Both the US and Russia urged Africans to be patient as food from Ukraine and Russia will continue to be exported to them. Russia and Ukraine partially went through with this until recently. The blame aside, at least Russia and Ukraine provided something to Africans. I don’t believe the US has done anything substantial which shouldn’t be surprising. Africans still remember the US promising vaccines before giving them Jack shit, which is why they’re willing to talk with Russia and China more than they are with the US or Europe. They may not care about Ukraine’s conflict, but they care about the food being impacted by said conflict. Otherwise they wouldn’t keep urging Russia and Ukraine to broker a new deal since the war started.
Okay I get the crimes, its a war of two emerging capitalist states sending their people to die for senseless nationbuilding
but dear god how do you say that about the US and think you're the enlightened one here.
I didn’t know Assad consented to Americans, Israelis, and Turks dropping bombs in Syria. I also didn’t know Cuba allowed the US to occupy its country to torture Muslims. Oh right, I forgot the nonexistent colonial government signed a contract with the US, the same occupational contract that most of the world agrees is inhumane, except the US and a few of its allies, including Ukraine.