Re:Apple Mobile Processors Are Now Made in America. By TSMC
by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:14PM
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> Japan, Germany, are effectively still occupied.
No, they aren't. Having allied forces deployed on your soil by mutual agreement is not occupation.
> Once a US base gets established in your territory, you can never get it out.
There are quite a long list of counterexamples; the US has closed lots of overseas bases (both in countries that remain on good terms with the US and in those where the relationship soured.)
> Just ask the Iraqi's.
"Iraqis", and the US closed large numbers of Iraqi bases in the 2020-2021 drawdown and the US and Iraq are currently (last I checked) in discussions on a complete drawdown of US military presence which would close the remaining bases.
No, they aren't. Having allied forces deployed on your soil by mutual agreement is not occupation.
> Once a US base gets established in your territory, you can never get it out.
There are quite a long list of counterexamples; the US has closed lots of overseas bases (both in countries that remain on good terms with the US and in those where the relationship soured.)
> Just ask the Iraqi's.
"Iraqis", and the US closed large numbers of Iraqi bases in the 2020-2021 drawdown and the US and Iraq are currently (last I checked) in discussions on a complete drawdown of US military presence which would close the remaining bases.