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Last year, there were reports that the reason why Sheikh Hasina stepped down from the post of prime minister of our neighboring bangladesh was because the US did not allow the establishment of a military base in the country's territory. If you look at this calculation, America had 750 military bases in 80 countries just four years ago. It is noteworthy that there are 120 American bases in Japan, which fought fiercely in World war II, and 119 in Germany. It is reported that there are 73 American bases in South Korea, which always faces a threat from North Korea. The united states put all its efforts into the gulf war that broke out in the early 1990s. After overthrowing Saddam Hussein, it also established a base in Iraq. It is noteworthy that the united states has 40,000 soldiers in West Asia, which is always in a war environment. Most of them are on warships. The rest are in 19 bases.The US has 8 permanent bases in Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the UAE. The US first set foot in West Asia when it set foot in lebanon in 1958. The Al Udeid military base, spread over 36 acres in the desert on the outskirts of Doha, the capital of Qatar, is the largest in West Asia. It has 10,000 soldiers.
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