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4. "And the US, having over 700 overseas bases, surrounds Russia."

Thu Feb 3, 2022, 04:09 PM

Feb 2022

Sure, if you agree with Ron Paul...otherwise only 11 countries actually house more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel.

A more accurate way to treat this data would be to say that the United States has 20 major bases around the world, not counting the war in Afghanistan, with major concentrations of troops in 11 countries.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/ron-pauls-strange-claim-about-bases-and-troops-overseas/2012/02/08/gIQApZpqzQ_blog.html

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