Corinne Nita
1 min readApr 8, 2023

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Would the US allow foreign bases on its soil? I looked into the economics and politics of US military abroad, and they're a very contentious topic.

South Koreans have been protesting against the US base because military exercises are linked to high cancer rates and pollution in the region.

Germans aren't happy with the nukes in their country, and the German parliament voted to remove them in 2013, but the US refuses.

Italy, France, the UK, Czech, and Spain have protested against NATO for decades - I've attended some of the marches.

Libya ejected a military base, and NATO bombed it to pieces. Currently, African nations demand an end to US intervention and occupation.

We believe nations request US bases for protection or economic development, but the US coerces or intervenes to aid friendly/capitalist governments into power to establish military contracts.

Political meddling isn't democratic, and foreign bases minimize countries' independence; they can't object to the US when the world's biggest military is in their front yard.

For example, what happens when the people or a new government opposes foreign bases? How easy or difficult is it to remove it from the country?

The information is available via a search and there are plenty of books on it, but it's a wonder we support the almost trillion dollar funding for our military's global presence. We have mass homelessness and domestic issues, yet no healthcare or public investment. So, what is our government offering nations?

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Corinne Nita
Corinne Nita

Written by Corinne Nita

We need the social with the science to call it economics.

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