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Still 'world policeman': US expands overseas military presence with 300k troops in 177 states

http://www.rt.com/news/434233-trump-war-world-policeman

Publisher:  RT
Date Written:  25/07/2018
Year Published:  2018  
Resource Type:  Article

Trump is sticking to the policies of past administrations despite campaign claims that the US shouldn't be 'world policeman', experts told RT regarding Pentagon figures of 300,000 US troops in 177 states.

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"Today more than 300,000 Americans are deployed or forward stationed in 177 countries," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford said on Monday. These missions include those in Iraq and Syria, activities on the Korean Peninsula, and "enhancing interoperability with allies" in Poland, according to the man acting as principal military adviser to the US president.

The number announced by Dunford is much higher than the one given by Pew Research Center in 2017. The Washington-based fact tank reported that 200,000 US troops were stationed overseas at that time, adding that the largest US military presence was in Japan, Germany, South Korea, Italy, and Afghanistan.

"We are looking at a continuation of policies even from past administrations," Jennifer Breedon, an attorney specializing in foreign policy, international law, and religious terrorism, told RT.

US taxpayers now can't tolerate a huge military budget, according to Breedon."We have issues at home… in the US," and taxpayers don't want to put millions of dollars "into groups like NATO," she said.


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