A Reality Check
This piece marshals facts that highlight the extent to which the Democrats' withdrawal plans from Iraq aren't just short-sighted, but also ignorant of history:
In recent years, South Korea has strengthened itself to the point that the United States cut its forces to "only" 37,500 military personnel.
We still have 69,000 troops in Germany, 62 years after V-E Day. We still have 47,000 troops in Japan and another 12,000 in Italy.
The U.S. military has more than 165,000 troops stationed in those four nations decades after their wars ended (technically, the Korean War is in a 53-year cease-fire).
That is 20,000 more troops than we now have in Iraq.
What's more, the conflicts that preceded the stationing of troops in those four countries cost many, many more lives than the approximately 3400 that have, sadly, been lost in the Iraq conflict. But what would have happened if white-flag Democrats had existed then?
In recent years, South Korea has strengthened itself to the point that the United States cut its forces to "only" 37,500 military personnel.
We still have 69,000 troops in Germany, 62 years after V-E Day. We still have 47,000 troops in Japan and another 12,000 in Italy.
The U.S. military has more than 165,000 troops stationed in those four nations decades after their wars ended (technically, the Korean War is in a 53-year cease-fire).
That is 20,000 more troops than we now have in Iraq.
What's more, the conflicts that preceded the stationing of troops in those four countries cost many, many more lives than the approximately 3400 that have, sadly, been lost in the Iraq conflict. But what would have happened if white-flag Democrats had existed then?
posted by LadybugUSA at 8:50 AM
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But what would have happened if white-flag Democrats had existed then?
Imperial Japan would control Asia and most of the Pacific. Nazi Germany would control half of Europe. The USSR would control the other half of Europe. No new German industry, new Japanese industry or new Korean industry. Great Britain would be ungreat.
America probably doesn't need troops in any of these countries any more.
Some countries are still suffering from US occupation in the past. Haiti, Vietnam and the Philippines didn't ask to be taken over by Americans.
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