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Hey, I'm all for reducing the presence of U.S. bases abroad. I don't think we should be policing the world.

But at the same time, let's not kid ourselves - this will result in more wars, except it wont be U.S. ships and planes burning the fossil fuels, the fossil fuels will be expended by foreign troops and all the rebuilding necessary as a result of more conflict.

Here is an article in the WSJ about the significant increase in coups in Africa as a result of the U.S. pulling back and Europe also easing off of its policing role due to covid:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-coups-in-africa-at-hig...



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