Source is Linked below.
Highlights include: Actually about a fourth or so of these troops are at sea. . This is an estimate, so anywhere the US doesn’t acknowledge how many troops are there, Israel obviously, but also Syria. Have to rely on years old numbers from the pentagon. . US forces have occupied parts of Kuwait since the first invasion of iraq in 1991 - not news, but I didn’t know that., i mean, of course. just… never thought about it.-
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/american-troops-middle-east-israel-palestine
It’s just a little simplistic is all. I’m no fan of American foreign policy but to think it happens in a vacuum or that it is a uniquely American thing to enforce your global interests is a bit childish. They have wider reach than most but that’s a result of being more successful. Trying to project power is something every big nation does.
And hell as evil overlords go, I’ll take Americans over the Chinese or Russians any day of the week.
The US state’s hegemony is the result of military & economic domination at a global scale. In a capitalist society success is measured by the amount of exploitation that occurs