ReinyDays
Gold Member
It's actually not expensive, because the US wasn't the "World Police".
The US didn't do a single thing that wasn't in its own interests. Having troops in Germany, South Korea, Japan etc, they were there not because these countries NEED the US there, but because the US wants to project itself.
Look at Iraq. Without bases in Germany and other countries, it'd have been much harder logistically to invade the country. And let's not bush around the beat here, the US did it for the money, destroying OPEC and reducing oil prices.
... like a police force? ...