I don't recall using any, and if that's the case, you're in the wrong forum.

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Originally posted by homerj14

ROFL!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Magnetonium Saudi Arabia - there are 20,000 American troops stationed there. Afghanistan - dont know how many NATO/American troops are there. Qatar - America's nerve center for the Persian Gulf. Turkmenistan - American have couple bases there with couple thousand troops. Pakistan - US military is present in bordering Afghanistan areas. and there's gotta be some other obvious examples ... aaaa, Yemen holds few hundred American troops too, pro American leader as well.

...and most are there because they were asked to be there...or at least remain.

There too many local warlords/dictators for them NOT to be there.

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r ...and most are there because they were asked to be there...or at least remain. There too many local warlords/dictators for them NOT to be there.

Yeah, like the American-installed Royal family in Saudi Arabia. Oh, do you remember how CIA/MI6 overthrew the Iranian democracy in 1950s in favour of a pro-Western dictator? (who got overthrown in 1979). Also, do you remember Pinochet?

Every time there's an anti-American leader in Middle East, they get called evil, terrorist or whatever and eventually they get overthrown "in the name of democracy" for a "true democratic" pro-American leader.

Like in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, where they still use some grotesque torturing techniques, and how they behead criminals in public, amongst other things. But they're not evil, because they're American puppets.

On the other hand, someplace else, like in Russia or Venezuela, their leaders are questioned to bring back democracy and sway away from terrorism and corruption.

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