In an announcement today which likely surprised no one, the US army announced that the military base just northwest of the Black Sea Port City of Constanta, Romania will become a “permanent” base for the American military.
The announcement of a permanent American presence in the former Warsaw Pact and current NATO member nation will likely underscore a growing US presence in Eastern Europe.
(Read more from antiwar.com)
Pentagon currently owns or rents 702 overseas bases in about 130 countries and HAS another 6,000 bases in the United States and its territories. There are about 190 countries in the world. We will not be the first empire to have collapsed after overextending itself. It’ll happen to the fervent cries of “SECURITY! SECURITY! SECURITY!” coming from our Television pundits.