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Originally Posted by kholemann
Yea, just like Germany, Japan and South Korea still have our troops since 1945/50 and the US still hasn't taken those 'possessions'. If the USA is going to leave Iraq then where are all these people about us getting out of Germany, Japan and North Korea??? It is hypocrasy.
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Uh, but the US gets at best moderate protests from the Germans/Koreans/Japanese (in the case of Koreans, they should probably know that the US presence is effectively the only guarantee of the ROK's existence). And there's no incentive for the US to get out - they have bases, the locals act civil. When's the last time we've heard of IED's killing American's in Germany?
Hypocritical, maybe. But there's really nothing to raise noise over in the case of these 3. It's only a confirmation of American power as an empire, their "little forts" out in the world.