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Has the USA ever completely pulled out off a country that we helped to win a war for? We have people in Japan,Korea,Europe. Why the need for complete pullout now?
Has the USA ever completely pulled out off a country that we helped to win a war for? We have people in Japan,Korea,Europe. Why the need for complete pullout now?
Some people in the US seem to be under the false impression that its only they who have troops stationed abroad . For example the US, like 'other' countries is part of the UN, all the countries in the UN station troops abroad, they do it for the mutual safety of the countries in the UN, its supposed to protect and help keep peace. Its one of the biggest selling points of joining the army in the first place I think, the old 'see the world' thing.
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Has the USA ever completely pulled out off a country that we helped to win a war for? We have people in Japan,Korea,Europe. Why the need for complete pullout now?
The US pulled out of France in the mid 60's, however that was due to the French requesting the US to leave and France leaving NATO's central command.
The US gained the Philippines from Spain in 1898, tried to continue it as a colony, but by the 1930's the Philippines was slated to be independent. The Japanese captured the Philippines in 1942, but the US regained it in 1944. The Philippines became independent in 1946, but the US maintained military bases. In the 1990's, at the request of the Philippine government, the US turned over all of it's military bases. There are still a few hundred troops in the Philippines, engaged in anti-terrorist operations in coordination with the Philippine government.
Did the United States leave bases or troops in Europe after ww1?
I think it’s somewhat misleading because early American wars were mostly internal or over nearby territorial expansion with native people and European powers.
I also think ww2 is an anomaly because of its scale and because of the Cold War/threat from the soviets in the aftermath. Then post ww2 wars/interventions usually/always had an element of countering the soviets so it “required” long term presence.
It took around 80 years with an invasion at the midpoint by Japan and a volcano eruption damaging a main base to pull or be pushed out of The Philippines.
The US didn't actually win a war for Panama, but US diplomatic recognition of the Panamanian declaration of independence from Columbia pretty much created the nation. The US heavily fortified the Panama Canal during WW2 with several military bases, but when the lease on the Panama Canal Zone ran out in 1999, the bases were turned over to Panama. While the US does maintain the right to militarily protect the Panama Canal, it has no military assets in the Panama.
Has the USA ever completely pulled out off a country that we helped to win a war for? We have people in Japan,Korea,Europe. Why the need for complete pullout now?
Sure. When we pulled out of Vietnam, we had all but secured the South Vietnamese territory. But, Nixon made a promise to get elected, and we quit the war. Now, we royally shafted South Vietnam when we reneged on our promise to provide on-going support after the pull-out. That cost them their country and freedom.
The North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong lost more than a million soldiers and two million civilians. In addition, just about every North Vietnamese offensive was crushed. We did lose an awful lot of aircraft. But mostly to SAMs and anti-aircraft fire over hostile territory.
The United States could have invaded the North, seizing its urban centers, putting the whole of the country under the control of the Saigon government and waging a destructive counterinsurgency campaign for an unspecified number of years. How China and the USSR would have reacted is an on-going debate.
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. For example the US, like 'other' countries is part of the UN, all the countries in the UN station troops abroad, they do it for the mutual safety of the countries in the UN, its supposed to protect and help keep peace. Its one of the biggest selling points of joining the army in the first place I think, the old 'see the world' thing.
