Originally posted by Sticky_D
We do, however, defeat other nations, set up U.S-friendly governments, and place a large military presence there.
And the problem with this is????
Iraq aside because we can debate that forever and never reach a conculsion...name one war where the US was the aggressor.
And the military presence that we had in Japan and Germany and other nations was there to combat Soviet expansion. The non communist world wanted the US there so they did not have to spend $$ to defend themselves. Western Europe knew they could not beat the Red Army after WWII and wanted the US to stay as a deterent.
Are you saying that we should favor non US friendly governments?