2026-04-20 14:19 UTC
@artemis Retaining access to their many foreign bases post-WW2 was perhaps the single biggest win for US empire, ever. The power projection afforded by entire generations growing up considering US troops in their backyard as "normal" is hard to overstate.
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@dpfyhrie@fediscience.org 2026-04-20 17:04
@valthonis @artemis Denying the US its now established basing rights could result in the "Gibraltarization" of several places around the globe.