11-10-2016, 05:54 PM
(11-10-2016, 02:38 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Of course they fight for liberty (individual and collective). Our biggest issue is not establishing a long term presence after we win on the ground. Hell we still have Troops at permanent bases in italy, germany, and Japan and WWII was about 80 years ago.
We maintain those bases for strategic reasons to respond to present day and future threats which have nothing to do with WWII.
"Power projection platforms" as the Army is fond of calling them. im sure we don't want to continue "nation building," but maintaining a long term military presence similar to Italy, Germany, and Japan for the next 80 years would be strategically advantageous for the same reasons we have bases in Italy, Germany, and Japan.
