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OldDem2012

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13. Just curious, but what do you think drives US Foreign Policy? What US interests are being....

Reply to bulloney (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 02:15 PM

Dec 2012

....protected overseas by the US Military, if not those of our major multinational corporations?

How much of our military is actually assigned to protect the US coastline and the common borders with Mexico and Canada? How many bases do we maintain overseas and where? How many US fleets are operating in waters close to other countries as opposed to operating close to the US?

I could go on, but I think I've made my point.

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Where did you get the 80% figure, BlueStreak? bulloney Dec 2012 #5

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OK, but back to my original question: Where did the 80% figure come from? bulloney Dec 2012 #8

Just curious, but what do you think drives US Foreign Policy? What US interests are being.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #13

I understand all of that OldDem. bulloney Dec 2012 #15

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You can derive this number. BlueStreak Dec 2012 #12

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