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Originally Posted by kevmartin  Only if you are ready to take the leap of faith that maintaining a presence there prevents wars. I'm not so sure that connection is very reliable. Surely there was a significant US presence in the middle east before the war in Iraq was started - just for the most contemporary example. |
And like Germany, Japan, and Korea we haven't gone to war with Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, etc. And those countries have not been invaded.