▲ 38 ▼ Explain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jared@mander.xyz 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do military bases count? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, why go through the trouble of installing a puppet government when we can offer "assistance" with a military base? How many hundred bases are there around the world now? And have any been decommissioned ever? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes in the 1990's, Clark and Subic Bay in the Philippines were decommissioned. Clark was abandoned because of volcanic ash from Mt Pinatubo. Subic Bay closed when the Philippine senate refused to renew the lease. This gives Filipinos the right to say "All your bases are belong to us." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, why go through the trouble of installing a puppet government when we can offer "assistance" with a military base? How many hundred bases are there around the world now? And have any been decommissioned ever? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes in the 1990's, Clark and Subic Bay in the Philippines were decommissioned. Clark was abandoned because of volcanic ash from Mt Pinatubo. Subic Bay closed when the Philippine senate refused to renew the lease. This gives Filipinos the right to say "All your bases are belong to us." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes in the 1990's, Clark and Subic Bay in the Philippines were decommissioned. Clark was abandoned because of volcanic ash from Mt Pinatubo. Subic Bay closed when the Philippine senate refused to renew the lease. This gives Filipinos the right to say "All your bases are belong to us." permalink fedilink source parent