900 Bases in 153 Countries

[Scuba]

[tularetom]

1. For as much practice as we've had you'd think we'd be better at it

We don't even know who we're fighting against.

[GeorgeGist]

2. I think if Bush was President ...

this OP would have a lot more recs.

[Puzzledtraveller]

3. indeed

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Oh for sure!

[Recursion]

4. Umm... that's only if you count every embassy and consulate with Marine guards

There's an argument to be made, but that weakens it...

[Enrique]

8. i'm not sure about that

here's some information basically supporting the numbers in the OP, the numbers come mainly from the Pentagon, and I don't see anything about embassies or consulates

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/

[Nuclear Unicorn]

9. I don't think the article supports the OP.

However, we should add a caveat. In 56 of these 148 countries, the U.S. has less than 10 active-duty personnel present. These include such obscure locales as Mongolia, Nepal, Gabon, Togo and Suriname.

By contrast, the U.S. has disclosed only 13 countries outside the United States and its possessions that are host to more than 1,000 personnel. They are: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Japan, Bahrain, Djibouti, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.

...

According to this report, the U.S. has 662 overseas bases in 38 foreign countries, which is a smaller number than the 900 bases Paul cited. But here again, the list omits several nations integral to active operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, so it’s conceivable that the actual number of sites approaches 900.

And are we to believe that the US holds 153 subject nations and satrapies?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. They're just badly dressed tourists.

[Zorra]

7. RECOMMEND! THE US MILITARY IS THE PRIVATE WORLD POLICE FOR THE 1%

and we are paying in money, sweat, and blood to protect the global economic interests of oligarchs around the world.

[Oktober]

10. Yawn...