...and our military is there either directly or via funding of bases that can host our troops. Aruba, Curaçao, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador - we have a military asset there. We even reactivated the Fourth Fleet, inactive since 1950, to patrol the region.
In total, the U.S. military has some form of troop presence in approximately 150 foreign countries, not to mention 11 aircraft carrier task forces -- essentially floating bases -- and a significant, and growing, military presence in space. The United States currently spends an estimated $250 billion annually maintaining bases and troops overseas.
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