American reacts to 'The US Military is EVERYWHERE'

[@arnodobler1096]

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” Mark Twain

[@roberttirpak5447]

Nope... it's so that the US can make and sell weapons to everybody who has money and boost their own economy / get rich.

[@annemarie7682]

But they didn’t ??

[@arnodobler1096]

@@annemarie7682 Not really! Not even for the politicians responsible!

[@ffqm]

Well, if anything is proof that god doesn't exist.... 😂😂😂

[@arnodobler1096]

@@ffqm 😂👍

[@klamin_original]

9:10 that’s also something I heavily criticize about US bases for example in Germany. There are actually people who spend their whole childhood and youth in Germany but never experienced the country they lived in. Some of them say they felt like a tourist whenever they left their base. It alienates the military personnel even more from the country they’re in and leads to rejection of Americans being in the country overall in the public opinion. I also heavily dislike the fact that German jurisdiction ended at the gates of the bases and that military police was always on the roads around the bases to deal with American base members doing illegal things. It boggles my mind that a country has to allow special treatment of those people rather than having local police deal with everyone regardless of their status or nationality. It’s the special treatment that again creates a rejective public opinion.

[@ryanwuzer]

wow

[@roberto6536]

Yes, and quite always after years in the country they are not even able to have a basic conversation in local languages

[@Mike-zx1kx]

@Ryan Wuzer (posting it here so sure you see it. Also posted it to you as a independent comment) I get your point about the healthcare BUT please remember the math have been made decade after decade by so many different clever people. USA COULD get taxpayer financed healthcare "overnight" Scandinavian style for ALL legal residents, AND save a fortune on top. The two US parties are getting huge donations from the private actors in the healthcare system and thus they CHOSE not to change the system. 30 million have no coverage at all and US are ONLY Western nation where ACTUAL living age are going down. The largest cause of 3 year and older small businesses going out of business in YSA are related to the owners or the owners family´s health or monetary ruin related to it. Australia, USA, Canada, UK (in that order) are the large nations with highest CO 2 emissions per Capita and they ALL have lying and dis/mis-informing Murdoch media having significant market shares AND they all subsidise private companies fossil fuel sale in different ways. USA last fiscal year subsidised fossil fuels with minimum 790 billion taxpayer Dollars. Thus they actively create an unfree market preventing even a market driven transition of the cheaper emission free solutions like mega windmills for bulk production and solar panels for localised. Problem are that BOTH US parties are bought via the corruptible elements in the US lobby laws allowing what judicially would be straight forward corruption in ANY EU nation, thus a sane enlightened American have nowhere to get a democratic influence. BOTH US parties also support a UN charter breaking, international law and human rights violating Israel that now also have a war criminal as PM in Nethanyahu. 2 weeks ago an Israeli representative on UN`s chair shredded the UN charter. The UN that gave the jews the nation they called for for 2000 years! Almost ever since they got their nation and UN recognised borders they have been stealing land and killed their neighbours. Look at a map (wikipedia) and see the Israeli borders from 1947! THAT and ONLY that land are Israel as recognised by UN but US media all keep showing Israel as the are they have stolen at any given time last 70 years. Just a week ago a WH representative, denounced the ICJ and the ICC (International criminal court) after they designated Nethanyahu as a "war criminal" openly saying we do not recognise the court and I quote: "because America would be next", meaning next to be convicted as committing war crimes as accomplices with their aid to Israel. I will call that a direct admission of guilt! Contemplate that! US taxpayers keep funding UN charter breaking Israel. It are Israelis that constantly for over 70 years have stolen land with US weapons in hand and expanded the area they control more than 300%, NOT the Palestinians. It are Israel that use religiously based arguments to perform a Hitleresk landsteal and genocide and yet all US media call the people exposed to this for over 70 years the "terrorists". Now over 140 of the globes nations have recognised Palestine, many of them US allies and yet USA keep supporting the fanatic religious fundamentalists in Israel. My grandfather risked his life to save Jews from the Nazi´s. He would turn in his grave seeing the descendants of those he saved, doing same as Hitler did to them. The ​​US soldiers that liberated the Nazi extermination camps took the time to document the horrors they met, so humanity never would forget. Tragic irony it now are jews in Israel and USA repeating it. American people DESERVE a TRUE "one man, one vote" mulitparty democracy with elected sitting in a one chambered parliament. NO electoral college, NO corruptible lobby laws NO changes of voter districts without 75% of votes locally. ONLY by reforming US democracy so that it again live up to the constitution´s promise of "FOR the people BY the people" can you get you fast growing issues solved. Our atmospheric carbon content SHOULD be 220 PPM and now have passed insane 420 PPM. The world do NOT have 2-3 US election cycles´s waiting time wating for you to "figure something out"! Transition have to happen NOW! WE are OUT OF TIME!

[@jenniferharrison8915]

There were battles when the US first moved personnel to Australia in 1941. The locals were treated with disrespect and the Americans quickly established their own shops, rules and cultural environment. The only regular integration was with young females that they bribed with stockings, chocolates and cash!

[@jenniferharrison8915]

The same things happened when they moved into Australia in 1941 - different rules, higher pay, more military police and arms carried, their own shops and bars, no responsibility for local issues created by their presence, targeting young local females with their tax free imports ...

[@alexialu4224]

An Italian youtuber was arrested and all of his belongings were confiscated after he ate at a subway restaurant in a US military base. The video was about visiting all of the fast food restaurants in his region of Friuli. He tried to contact a subway he found on google maps, which is strange because in Italy we don't have subway, and he found out that it was inside the military base because they answered him in english. He then asked on his instagram if any of his subscribers could make him access the base, since he is pretty famous he actually had a fan whose father was an american soldier and whose family lived at the base. The fan and his father picked the youtuber up and accessed the base without any problem since they had clearence and I don't think it's forbidden to bring visitors as long as they don't film. The whole video was very chill and they only visited the residential part of the base which was basically a small sized american town with an highschool, detached suburban homes, a mall with a food court and grocery stores etc. The morning after he uploaded the video the police showed up at his door and he was brought to the station, his video was taken down and all of his equipment was confiscated, so I was one of the few lucky ones to see it. It's pretty enraging that an Italian citizien was arrested because a foreign government told the italian police to do so. Also, there have been many istances when the US military killed people in Italy by accident and they faced no consequence because of the deals between Italy amd the US. So, from a certain POV, US military bases provide a good deterrent againt invaders, but the whole concession is not balanced at all, they should at least allow the italian military to be stationed there too and italian law should be applied to the base territory since theorically we are allies and not an occupied country.

[@businessasusual9077]

You said it yourself: in THEORY we are allies but the mentality and the attitude of the us army in these bases are that of an occupant in a conquered Country!

[@nicolamariano745]

yeah, i live in vicenza (IT), where we have 3/4 american bases... it is not that we like it but... here you are

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Yes, the same in Australia, there are exclusively American Territories, and have no responsibility towards us!

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

​@@jenniferharrison8915They aren't beholden to Australian laws, so they can't be arrested or taken too court for offences here either. I know there's a marine base in Darwin NT, a joint facility at pine gap near Alice Springs NT and NCIS office near Fremantle WA.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

US military drivers in the UK aren't exactly known for obeying road rules either, - one well known example being the seppo who killed a young lad by driving on the wrong side of the road and then cutting and running, just before this another car from the same base - literally drove into the side of a police car (luckily nobody was seriously injured - because they went around a corner on the wrong side of the road. In neither case were the military brought to justice. Others report that there is actually a public road that runs through the middle of a US base - and pre-dates the base by several hundred years - and the US military tried to have the road closed off which would have left locals having to add another 45min to their travel time to the next town. The US military were told where they could go but as far as I've seen on social media this was a rare example of the locals standing up for local citizens against the US military.

[@klamin_original]

7:44 there’s a Wikipedia article on foreign military bases called “List of countries with overseas military bases” and you’d be surprised to find out that China only has 3 minor facilities around the globe. Because why would they have military presence in other countries?! Who would let them in for what reasons? Same for the other countries, if you look at the list of course there are countries like France or the UK running some form of military presence in former colonies or as part of support missions for national troops but they don’t simply plot their own military bases anywhere and behave as if their presence there was completely natural and always supposed to be there in the first place.

[@kerouac2]

France kicked out all American military bases on its soil in the 1960's (also UK and Canadian bases). That's why NATO headquarters was transferred from Paris to Brussels. One of my great uncles lived in former US military housing in the town of Etain. The whole area looks like a US suburb from the 1950s. I stayed in his house a number of times, and it was completely alien, set up the American way with French furniture and decorations trying to make it look a little more normal and failing.

[@Lysandra-8]

very interesting topic And to answer your questions: What we think? The German taxpayer pays around 1B € annually for these bases. I thought we'd at least have a strong ally by our side if shit happened. but no longer, it has to be elections in the US or a president saying: “Well guys, you're not paying/investing enough. I’m sorry, but you’re on your own now.” what it's like to live next to a US Military base? I was a kid in the 80's and where I lived and went to school there was a base with one of the two locations where the Pershing II was stationed. In a physics lesson we used a map to study the effects of a nuclear bombardment. Because these Pershings made us a target. I still remember how our teacher said "we're lucky, we would die instantly. Our whole village and a little further would just be a crater"

[@giltsholder]

> I’m sorry, but you’re on your own now Damn, if only Germany had a neighbor with nuclear weapons... :)

[@Lysandra-8]

@@giltsholder As far as I know, our dear neighbors the French, don't have any military bases in Germany, right? and that was the topic in the video.😉

[@giltsholder]

Yes there is, the Franco-German Brigade: "the Brigade has military bases in Germany and France. The military bases are in Müllheim (Germany), Illkirch (France), Donaueschingen (Germany), Stetten am Kalten Markt (Germany), Sarrebourg (France) and Metz (France). The Jägerbataillon 291 in Illkirch is the only German combat battalion which is stationed abroad permanently"

[@Lysandra-8]

@@giltsholder Ok, I didn't know, thanks

[@barbarusbloodshed6347]

A vote for Trump equals a vote for WW3.

[@embreis2257]

13:47 'what is even in here between Africa and Australia?' that, dear Ryan, would be the British Indian Ocean Territory of _Diego Garcia_ .'

[@henleinkosh2613]

In case people want to know a bit more about Thule (the base in northern Greenland), during the cold war an amarican bomber carrying 4 nukes crashlanded there, and the initiating detonator of all 4 bombs went off, though thankfully the safety mechanisms held good so no nuclear detonation. However that meant that the bombs were cracked and a lot of the debris from the crash became radioactive. Did the USAF warn the civilian workers (mostly Danes and Greenlanders) of the situation or even give them basic protective gear before having them start the cleanup? Of course not. It became a big issue in Denmark.

[@frgv4060]

Ryan, remember the mercator projection on maps. Things aren’t as big in reality near the poles.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Those are satellite pics.

[@Hagigamer_]

@@wessexdruid7598 yes, but in the video they are mapped out as flat rectangles, so mercator projection applies.

[@frgv4060]

Just a honest question. Don’t you see something weird with that Greenland? Have you, by any chance, checked out the numbers, the actual square miles of land surface of the countries, and compared? Isn’t evident that what you see on the image Ryan was showing exclaiming “how immense Greenland is” is not real? Yet, you say “those are satellite pics”, what is your mental process here? Are you claiming Greenland is that big as compared with other countries, no matter the actual surface numbers, and that image is exactly how Greenland is seen from orbit? Is all your let’s say logic like this? I am very curious, really. Edit: Seems you have the sympathy here, no matter how misinformative and misguided hehe. None of my answers going through. Ok: You certainly don’t. Search “satellite image mercator” and be amazed hehe And btw no matter how condescending it may have appeared it was a honest question that you answered perfectly. I understand a little more how people like the “flat earth” ones think.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@frgv4060 _"More than three times the size of the U.S. state of Texas, Greenland extends about 1,660 miles (2,670 km) from north to south and more than 650 miles (1,050 km) from east to west at its widest point."_ Brittanica. It is almost the same size as the DRC - do you understand how large that is? Please explain how a satellite picture could possibly be a Mercator projection without significant manipulation - do you know what a Mercator projection is?

[@frgv4060]

@@wessexdruid7598 Meh I don’t know if the answer with the link is going to go through. Just search “sattelite mercator projection” and have your mind blown! 😂 Btw, comparing with Texas? Bcz it suits you? Look that map on the video again please 😂

[@roberttirpak5447]

I personally do not want to have ANY military base of a foreign government in my country. Saying "it's for your own protection" is just a load of bull...

[@Alltagundso]

I totally agree, but many people in Poland wouldn't say so, being so close to Putin. Since the war started in 2014 there is US-American military there.

[@Luredreier]

I live in Norway, our US base is definitely controversial. I don't think anyone mind having weapons and equipment stored here and being prepared to host US troops. We border Russia after all. But the risk of US prisoners of war potentially being moved through there or tortured there? Or nukes going through there etc? I think most of us don't want a permanent US presence here during peace time. Nor should US law apply.

[@roberttirpak5447]

I believe that the US has made a lot of enemies around the world in the last couple of decades. Having an US army base in a country just "puts a target" on the country and its people for no reason.

[@valfar9999]

Yeah and when you see what happens in Japan near military bases (especially Okinawa), it's pretty sickening

[@nolaj114]

Absolutely! They will always serve their own interests.

[@BradGryphonn]

I feel for you, man. Even I was flabbergasted by this video, and I'm an Australian, another country with many US installations.

[@klamin_original]

Proposal for European US bases: Fully convert them into NATO bases. We don’t need US presence here, all we need is NATO presence and training.

[@jirinovotny653]

Mhm. Well, these Moscow talking points are being regurgitated since Trump's 1987 NYT ad, no reason to stop doing it now, right?

[@ryanwuzer]

makes sense!

[@Tiekorolivier]

​@@ryanwuzerNATO without the US makes no sense. NATO is an US tool to control Europe.

[@Rick2010100]

You did not get what the NATO is, the NATO is just a administrative umbrella organisation without own forces or equipment. Like the FIFA, wich runs the worlds football, but has no own team, not even a own stadium or playing field, they are all the property of the individual clubs.

[@LordStuba]

US bases are NATO bases , what are you talking about ? As a member of NATO I welcome them.

[@klamin_original]

The US military being present in many parts of the world is exactly the reason why many people don’t like the US. It’s not even on an ideology level, it’s not like all people not liking the US hate the US or their ideology, it’s much rather a practical disliking of the American military strategy and presence. The US governments have interfered with a lot of countries internal politics, they financed and empowered the Taliban and Al-Qaida once, when they stopped that support the now declared terrorists turned their aggression towards the US. They invaded their former ally Iraq, they supported the overthrowing of several governments that simply weren’t in their favor I‘d say if the US kept out of all those unnecessary missions the world would be in a better state than it is now. World War II isn’t a question here, of course the US military was needed to support the (until then) losing allied forces. But the other conflicts they sometimes created themselves like in countries in the Middle East or in South America? Questionable. And if the US governments had invested just a few percent of the military spending into compulsory public healthcare there would be much less issues with healthcare in the US.

[@igormatkowski5488]

they could also change the law and there would be no need to reduce the level of funding for the army (e.g. by changing prices in hospitals to normal prices and the insurance should cover all hospital expenses) After all, an ambulance isn't worth $1 million

[@cerliezio]

Fully agree.

[@JoannDavi]

@@cerliezio - Whatever post-WW2 peace and prosperity there has been is mostly due to the U.S. and its military. Who do you think set it up that any two countries could trade safely?

[@klamin_original]

@@JoannDaviThe idea behind the US bases in Europe was never safe trade ;)

[@hermannschaefer4777]

About 40 years ago, it was common in Germany to do a small student exchange. Visiting an American high school (just a few miles away) was like visiting another country - with students who knew NOTHING about the country they were actually living in - physically. It was a bizarre experience. And then when US students visited our school - well, all those clips on KZbin about stupid Americans who know nothing about the world.... yes, those clips are true, and those students were... uneducated on an unreal level. "Why don't you wear dirndls?" was one of the not-so-bad questions. The student assigned to me, who came home to us over lunch, wondered why we had TV. I didn't even got his question at first...

[@adamaalto-mccarthy6984]

The US did not win the second world war. (It was the video not me saying that). It was an allied effort.

[@potencjalnypracownik2966]

Someone show him video explaing why stuff up the north on the map looks bigger than it is.

[@jerbil9353]

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[@wessexdruid7598]

He's not being shown a map - that's a satellite photograph.

[@boradenizkusu6008]

I love the way you open the video like "hello, how you doin", its so simple yet yo do it so friendly, hello

[@guillermorr5877]

I'm from Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain. We have one of the four first US military bases of the country. It was stablished in the early 50s, during the francoist regime. My highschool was like 100 meters away from it. I remember watching US soldiers and armoured vehicles in the streets from time to time during recess. It was really weird, but we kind of liked seeing all the military vehicles

[@heatherharvey3129]

Australia has two known bases - one is in far north Western Australia which is a US Naval communication base at Exmouth and the other is at Pine Gap just out from Alice Springs in central Australia which is highly guarded and secretive intelligence gathering and signals surveillance site (although supposedly a joint base with the Australian government but there's no guarantee that Australia's government gets fully informed of exactly what the US learns from this gathering and surveillance base). The Exmouth base is a very interesting hexagonal shape with HUGE towers visible on Google overhead maps. Pine Gap has a very interesting array of domes across the base, along with many buildings and even an outdoor swimming pool for personnel. Is there no media coverage in the US of the Chinese government's policy of claiming the South China Sea as their territory, deliberately creating islands on which they build military bases and the ongoing confrontations with the Philippines and other SE Asian countries who are getting driven out of their traditional fishing grounds, etc.? There's constant friction there, with China ignoring UN demands to cease taking over territorial waters of other countries. The Australian navy traverses these waters are part of international countries ( and that includes the US also) trying to assert their right to freely traverse what should be international water and there are many examples of the Chinese navy interacting with the Australian navy (with injuries to Australian service personnel) . This is a news report yesterday about the start of this security conference which started in SIngapore today. www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-china-wars-south-china-sea-likely-dominate-asian-security-meeting-2024-05-30/

[@gregorygant4242]

Pine Gap in Australia is a big sus base . It's not just a US military base it's also a secret CIA base there doing who knows what there in Australia .

[@ArthAlexLp]

I have a military base about 30 minutes from my house in a city called Vicenza in northern Italy. Around the town you see many US soldiers, also in the gyms nearby

[@owennoad-watson2820]

These bases provide logistics for allies of America too so I'm not entirely against them but I do have an issue with the level of immunity that US civilians have in allied nations. Eg an American lady killed a kid here by driving on the wrong side of the road, went back to the base and was sent home with no way for us to hold her accountable for breaking local laws and killing someone. Just why. Things like this create tension amongst what should be allies

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Ah, but the seppo president then offered the family ''blood money'' in recompense don't forget. (and that was meant very sarcastically, who on earth thinks ''blood money'' is compensation for the death of a older child - and that is really all he was, at 18 you are literally an older child).

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

You may be surprised to know that the UK has military based in S Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, and California. Italy, the Netherlands, and Singapore also have training bases in the US. Peterson AFB in Colorado is a joint Canadian/American base.

[@klamin_original]

But they are as you said it training bases, not actual military presence bases. The personnel there is not supposed to engage in anything other than doing training and having a good time there.

[@roberto6536]

but the numbers of personnel in the bases and in general the dimension of the basis are not the same: in Italy there are few dozens of British soldiers but thousands of US soldiers.

[@wessexdruid7598]

But the Brits are guests, on US operated bases. They don't enforce UK military laws over US, or be exempted from US civilian laws.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@roberto6536 And unless it's changed very recently they learn the local language and often go out and eat the local food at local restaurants. When dad came back from the military - years ago now admittedly - he spoke a smattering of the local language and had acquired a love of the country (he listed it as his ideal retirement country, if Gaddafi hadn't taken over) and of the cuisine and people. Similarly his brother was in Germany and not only became fluent in Germany but holidayed there every year for the rest of his life as he loved the people and country so much. I know other - more recent - ex military and they all speak the language from where they were stationed (to a degree, not all are good at languages and that can include their own) and all have spent time off the bases trying out the food and going sightseeing. But I've met people on US bases in the UK and they never leave (a few do but only because they have a hobby which they can take part in off the bases), some - and I couldn't believe this the first time I met one of them - couldn't even tell me which part of the country he was actually based in (Mildenhall was all he could tell me, no idea which county or the names of local towns).

[@cindz4618]

Gibraltar?

[@9Wereld]

As a dutch person we have a us base and it doesnt feel like that. It feels like a adolescent country protecting the elderly countries. There is mutual trust and respect, we understand that we are not as powerful as we used to be and apreciate the US for how they help us. This idea that countries with a us base have reduced autonomy is not true. It would be true if we wouldnt like it but we do. Its mutually beneficial

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

@@Prime-val Many countries pay thousands of dollars for these bases. I don't know about the Netherlands but they probably do too. Germany pays billions almost if I'm not mistaken.

[@Lysandra-8]

​@@Prime-val Germany pays around 1B€ each year for the bases on our soil

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@MrsStrawhatberry I've read that the UK does as well.

[@CoL_Drake]

a german comedian (more political satire) said, "for the religious muslim is the deployment of american soldiers in the holy islam areas like it would be for a christian when taliban would be deployed in the vatican, we dont need to understand it we have to accept it" and thats a big thing here. alot of the american soldiers in the middle east are the reason that the fundamentalists targets the usa like with 9/11

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Now that was really enlightening,. Good on you & thanks from Oz (Australia😊)

[@PrueferAuge]

19:11 its the map that he uses. it distorts land more, the further away from the equator you look. Greenland area: 2,1 mio km^2 mexico area: 1,9 mio km^2

[@PeleRana-pp6zc]

Some of my family lived close to an American army base in Pakistan. It was horrendous. The Americans showed no respect towards the locals and could not be prosecuted for any crimes because they had diplomatic immunity. There have been so many cases of soldiers killing or raping a local and not being prosecuted for it. They are just sent back to America where they are just put in another job. A few years ago in Pakistan an American soldier killed 7 Pakistani people whilst driving drunk including children and was not prosecuted because of diplomatic immunity.He just returned to America. The relatives of the 7 killed were given 10000 dollar’s compensation ( altogether). Most countries hate American army bases in their country but fear American aggression and sanctions!

[@geoffpriestley7310]

In It's happened in England as well a lady killed a motorcyclist by drive on the wrong side of the road. then fled back to the usa to avoid prosecution. She claimed she had diplomatic status

[@ianmontgomery7534]

the base in the Indian ocean is called Diego Garcia which is a UK owned island and has a Navy base and airstrip.

[@Why-D]

The area below India might be the Maledives.

[@skipper409]

Lots of bases were obtained from the British Empire in WW2, in exchange for weapons - ‘lend lease” - that includes the big base in the middle of the Indian Ocean- Diego Garcia

[@marlenezarah6501]

The US military base in the city I live in was closed over 10 years ago. The village is now mostly used to house refugees. We also have an old airfield which is currently used for cultural events and sport events. They are still trying to figure out what to use it for long term.

[@giltsholder]

I can certify that there are no US bases in France, there *are* some soldiers stationed sure but in french bases.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

And that is how it should be.

[@florianstadler5566]

Used to live not far away from Grafenwöhr, one of the biggest bases out of the US as far as I know. Most of the time (if you don't live right next to it) you won't see much of it. You see some cars with US licence plates, you see random US military convoys running over the autobahn (pretty damn slow 😂) and I worked a bit in the hospital of Weiden. Every bigger illness that can't be treated in the military hospital they send over there. So they reinforced the helicopter landingpoint over the ER for the big helicopters. Strange fact, one of the biggest cementarys is right next to it and from time to time when they land at the hospital they have to fly over it and the wind blows away flowers and candles and stuff. First they thought it has been kids raiding the cementary until they found out the true reason. But they also provide some festival over the year when you can enter the base as total normal people. And I found it fascinating to enter this real US world. You know, the burger king with refilling the cups and take all sauces you want. And the huge parking spaces. And they even have a golf course right in the base. So technically I've been to the US several times in my life 🙃

[@Linkov_]

We have few American bases in Bulgaria as well 😂😂

[@88balloonsonthewall70]

I remember looking into this a while ago. The thing that surprised me the most wasnt the number of bases, but that they built a base in Syria without approval from the Syrian government.

[@micade2518]

Johnny Harris is among my favourite YTbers: He is a fantastic, uncompromising investigation journalist!

[@aphextwin5712]

To maintain any kind of order, there needs to be a credible threat of repercussions if somebody were to violate that order. And the biggest guy will play a leading role in this.

[@maxxie84]

I mean I just would like to point out that the US is not the only country having such outposts, I understand the slight difference of "territories" administered by the country vs 3rd party countries, but I believe Russia and likely China do that too, and I am pretty sure that the UK does too. France did too, I am not sure how many there are now with all that's happened in recent years in Africa, as this is where the majority of them were, the others are part of French territories so might not count in his argument.

[@kevin29121993]

I am Italian and I live about 80 kilometers (about 1mile 1.5Km) from an American base, from what we know this base contains devices of nuclear origin like others in our territory and I assure you that if it were not for the fear of waking up in the morning with a "mushroom" in the window we would not accept having you in our house. I have nothing against you but just as you rightly wouldn't like my country to have bases with weapons of mass destruction near your home, we too are not particularly happy.

[@aphextwin5712]

If I understand it correctly, in the United States, a municipality is not required to create a police department, it can sort-off outsource it to the county and the sheriff’s office. Something somewhat similar happens when a smaller country outsources part of its security to another country. Very small countries don’t have an airforce, take Luxembourg as an example. Landlocked countries don’t a navy but still have an interest in other countries protecting shipping lanes against pirates. Only about ten countries have aircraft carriers, only three Western countries have nuclear weapons, the rest rely on the nuclear deterrence provided by the U.S..

[@juliaspoonie3627]

And next you should learn why Austria, who is supposed to be a neutral country, is the international espionage hotspot of the world. And also why it’s so problematic but not surprising that the US is okay with us making an exception for them but not for other countries. It’s mindblowing and many people don’t even know that.

[@bowospriyo1449]

not many people want to observe things like this. you are a good person who is critical, intelligent and not like most Americans do this. this is why people all over the world hate America..not you but your government. You are nice person.

[@Afk_Kun]

I live near the Ramstein Air Base and actually most of the people have a more positive stance on the base, but it still feels weird having us military police cruisers patrolling through the neighboring towns and cities. But it's also bad because if a conflict were to break out these bases will be the first locations that will be attacked, so all surrounding people are most likely screwed

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Ryan - maybe you should ask your senator for a list and see what you get as an answer.

[@ImagineMySurprise510]

Also consider that some bases are secret, so they're not all on this map.

[@katii1997]

that was mentioned more than once in the video

[@cerliezio]

Yes and it is about time you got out of Italy

[@klamin_original]

They could convert the bases to full NATO bases, I think that would be welcome

[@OldieBugger]

When I drove past Ramstein base, the radio of my car suddely caught a station in English. Yes, the people stationed there may not feel homesickness.

[@RockinDave1]

The most prime of prime examples of American overreach

[@veronicajensen7690]

yes and now the Empire falls, this is the story of all Empires in the history they stretch to far and fell

[@philippprime6844]

I never would have thought that Pep Guardiola made a list of US military bases in his free time

[@ianmontgomery7534]

maps distort the size of Greenland. It is about a third the size of Australia

[@julesmarwell8023]

Australia charges America a rent for having American bases on Australian soil........ ONE GLASS OF WATER.

[@nolaj114]

And CocaCola take the water from our aquifers 😡

[@maryannecomment3302]

I am from the Netherlands, I lived near the border with Germany. We are aware of the American military base in Germany. This base is important to us because we do not have a sufficient army. The EU knows that Europe depends too much on NATO, and maybe within a few years we will have a sufficient army as well. It was Trump, who made us aware of the fact that we were too dependent. Biden is different and wants the US to be the leader of the (free?) world. I personally think that is scary as well. This is for two main reasons. One reason is that this will create tension with Russia and China, who are important for our economy. And the second reason is that the American culture will be implemented, including no affordable healthcare and harsh conditions on the housing market for people with less money and no social security for people, who need it. We already feel American influence in Europe. Our social democracies are less social than a few decades ago. Do not get me wrong, I have nothing against American people. They are always very nice and polite and good in business (I do not count a few stupid tourists), the majority of the American people are nice and polite.

[@aphextwin5712]

I grew up next to a smaller U.S. military base. In the end, it doesn’t matter much whether it is a domestic or foreign military base, it is a closed off area, you cannot go in without a special permission.

[@fishtigua]

I grew up in Antigua, where we have a big US tracking station. My mate was an electronics officer (never said what he did). We went to the PX and canteen, had bbq and swim weekends. It was a mini USA life abroad. We also had unmarked black Hercules aircraft landing at night, all year round.

[@black4pienus]

There's are Dutch military bases in the USA too: Fort Novosel: basic training for helicopter pilots. Fort Cavasos: training for Apache and Chinook helicopter pilots and airmobile operations. Fort Sill: coordination with US ground-based air defence and air defence training.

[@Lysandra-8]

Training is something else

[@madsmller4030]

After the cellphone was revealed in the early 90`th. A person in Kamchatka could influence on globalization of the world. There lay the big shift in the perception of what could be done worldwide. so populations in 3 countries of the world began to think outside the box, leaving behind the knowledge that embraced the knowledge of their ancestors and leaving a world that was so divided. The result is now showing itself in full force and it is so spoiling, for our learnings throughout thousands of years.

[@stevefoulston]

28 Sept 2022 - These bases cumulatively cost roughly US$55 billion annually - around one-twelfth of the US defence budget - to maintain and sustain. Peace out.

[@felixpetesch1718]

Luxembourg only has such a big runway at their airport because nearby is the largest european US Military storage.

[@DGLUK1]

I used to live close to Lakenheath. A US airbase in East Anglia in the UK. Loafs of people used to drive there to watch the planes take off and land. Suddenly, the US decided to block roads to stop the English driving and set up road blocks. They were in ENGLAND, using ENGLISH roads. How dare they put road blocks on ENGLISH roads 22:40

[@MickGaffney-sk3ul]

Check out The War on China by John Pilger

[@dont_give_a_flying_f]

There are no us military bases in scotland......! Thankfully

[@CoL_Drake]

remember greenland looks MUCH BIGGEr on the map as it is because as more north and south you go as bigger stuff is. in real canada russia greenland are all "big" but much smaller then they look like

[@CoL_Drake]

in germany all the bases of the other nations like britain and france are gone, the americans are still here ... and its a two sided sword. on one hand you have a lot of income from the people working here and also some kind of "protection" in case of a conflict, on the other hand this "protection" is also a bad thing as if there would be ww3, a lot of the german american bases would be the 1st target of russian nukes as they are much closer and easier to hit then usa ... and then there is the point that alot of germans dont like foreign troops here just by default, basicly the more "rightwing" people as well as the "leftwing" people (as more extrem as more they are anti american basicly) and then there is the point that america did proven warcrimes and horendous warcrimes from bases inside germany (mainly ramstein) and alot people also want it gone because we want not take part in this warcrimes usa is doing from here

[@melvinhaase6411]

Man i check every day if ryan uploaded a new vid, im really not much into reaction vid, but i enjoy your vids a lot

[@Skumgummiii]

This is how the pax Americana is being kept.

[@Tiekorolivier]

What peace ? 😏

[@Skumgummiii]

⁠I guess the invasion of the Ukraine could be argued as the end of the Pax Americana. But until then the world has seen unprecedented levels of peace since the Second World War

[@SatieSatie]

Recently, in my country Austria - one of the only 8 neutral countries worldwide - there was a serious traffic accident caused by a US military truck loaded with explosives. Many were then left wondering why foreign military forces (i.e., Americans' & NATO's) can legally transport military goods on neutral grounds but it is what it is (= completely legal), and apparently, it happens thousandfold every year. 🤷🏻‍♀️ What's also (kind of) hilarious is that the US makes South Korea pay 1.2 billion USD per year for its military presence there. It's like the most expensive subscription service you never asked for. 😂 On the positive side, it's uncancellable as well. Even though South Korea and the US are extremely close allies and probably always will be, there seems to be a growing anti-American tendency among the younger generation of Koreans. The older generations' inappropriately profound love for the US is another fascinating topic considering the US' major role as one of the two instigators in the devastating "Korean War" (or, as I like to call it, the US-Soviet-proxy war), that ended only few decades ago. The (far-)right political spectrum in SK is heavily supported by the US government. Some may even say that the far-right conservative pro-American People Power Party, who currently controls the presidency, got substantial "help" from the Biden administration during the election, and that it _might_ have been more than just emotional support. 😂 What I'm trying to say is - yes, Ryan, it's total worldwide madness.

[@mbwahaha]

I can store some sht at my house, can you tell the Pentagon plz, i need money.

[@Varasalvi2]

Icelander here, thanks for the airport! Also the US had a little village near the airport for a long time but they shut that down in i think 2006. Iceland is a NATO member so none of this was against Iceland's will, so we're all good ;)

[@Keith_H]

We have the Pine Gap facility in the Northern territory, Australia, akin to the US Area 51 secret base, and I wouldn't be surprised if some kind of US input isn't going on with the Tindal RAAF Base as well, it is said that the air strip is being extended to accommodate the large American bombers and long range refuelers. I believe I fount this on maybe Wikipedia. There are only 2 US Military Bases in Australia, and they are both fairly small in size. They include the Pine Gap Surveillance station, and the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt. ---------------------------------------------- Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt Location: Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia In use: 1967-Present Overall Mission: The only other US military base in Australia is the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, located in Western Australia. This base provides low frequency radio transmission communications to the United States Navy and the Royal Australian Navy. This was a communication hub for ships and fleets located in the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans.

[@warrenturner397]

I think you need to do some more research on Pine Gap. It's a MAJOR communications facility and played a key role in comms for the Moon Landing among other things.

[@schurki3942]

I was once in a US base in Germany as german conscript about two weeks or so. There was that agreement that German contingents should take over guard duties because Germany had not participated directly in the Irak war. The canteen was impressive. Our accommodations were dumps. I only had one conversation with an American when we could go to the Internet Cafe. I bought a bottle of Bakardi 151 and a huge pack of aspirin at a ridiculous price and smuggled them out. Wild experience and I did not realize back then, that it was that exceptional for a native German.

[@shelleyjackson8793]

I know you don’t read your comments (please prove me wrong by liking my comment). I was brought up surrounded by US bases. I had American neighbours multiple times.. I met a lot of Americans people, some kids, some adults. One of them was so generous she gave me formula for my baby when we were snowed into the village.It’s sad that one of those bases closed down. I have spent many a night at US night clubs. I have known quite a few American people and they were all lovely people.

[@serbon33]

"My diplomacy hero Madeleine Albright" - the end

[@aphextwin5712]

It is possible that the RAND Cooperation preferred to create research that didn’t disclose internal military information that wasn’t already public.

[@jvvoid]

Ryan, about the size of Greenland: maps use the Mercator model for ease of presentation, but it distorts size the greater the distance from the equator. So countries like Russia and Canada and places like Greenland, although huge, are not as big as they appear in comparison to all other countries especially those closer to the equator.

[@AstraFleur]

Here in the Philippines, we now need 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 U.S. bases.

[@lantredasphodele5858]

Why you wanna become the new state of america adding one little star on their bullshit flag ?

[@Ray-lw2rh]

Yeah, they are annoying, but it’s nice to have them here for safety 😅

[@knudsandbknielsen1612]

Now you know exactly why I am interested in what goes on in the US of "Aye aye, Sir Dollar Blackassoil"! I have nothing against Americans, the few I know are wonderful, truly great people! But the empire is always where to look for trouble in the making! Bless you!

[@christopherwoolnough2160]

The United Kingdom has four bases located in Nevada, California, Georgia and South Carolina.”

[@madsmller4030]

Thank you, Sir

[@ianmontgomery7534]

i think China has listening stations in three countries that are known about. Of course like the US their embassies do more than what they are supposed to do.

[@madsmller4030]

It is called the Thulebase and are restricted under the Danish Parlament, cause we owe the Island.

[@timithius]

It's really quite startling, when it's laid out in black and white like this. You're absolutely correct when you say "no wonder we don't have universal healthcare or affordable education". Now we see clearly where your tax dollars are going. The thing that I found most strange about this video, is it's glaring omission about Corporate interests. There aren't 800 conflicts around the world. And while lots of those bases are stockpiling weapons, half of them exist solely to protect Corporate interests in places where the natives are restless. Or is that supposed to be a secret too?

[@bikerboyT1050]

As a brit, having bases across the world is normal to me. the US as been in the UK since 42 and i'm totally fine with it. i consider them as friends, allies and family.

[@sbc_specter]

It's all about 7.62mm (Grains of Democracy).

[@aphextwin5712]

There are plenty of foreign soldiers in the United States, for joint training missions as guests on U.S. military bases.

[@Lysandra-8]

Yes, but you know it's not the same

[@aphextwin5712]

Yes, but it both done via mutual agreements (exceptions apply). And there are plenty of U.S. military installations abroad that share a base with the respective domestic military. To put it bluntly, you don’t get military protection for free. You want the U.S. to defend you in case of an attack? You have to give them something in return. Plus, the U.S. having military bases in your country is both a practical as well a deterrence benefit in that regard.

[@Lysandra-8]

​@@aphextwin5712 free? We pay for your bases and have in return no guarantee of your support

[@katii1997]

@@aphextwin5712that's the dumbest shit i've read in a while.. it's not even funny anymore

[@Kent.]

Since Sweden got invited to Nato USA and Sweden have a agreement that they can use 17 of our bases.

[@yrjo5050]

Sweden and Finland has DCA with USA, which allows US to use host soil for weapons storage and other militarismia purposes.

[@claregale9011]

We need to kick them out . The US needs to lower its spending on military and put more into infrastructure , schools , reform its healthcare . Im always hearing from folks in America how they are sick of subsidizing other countries military . America seems to love exerting its power and flexing its muscles

[@margaretnicol3423]

I'm not going to watch this one because it'll just annoy me but suffice to say - American imperialism at it's finest!!!

[@KeesBoons]

Interesting topic, but unfortunately it's a Johnny Harris video. He has been known to make many (maybe intentional) mistakes in his videos.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Americans do _love_ to exaggerated...!!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Americans _do_ * _love_ * to exaggerate!

[@pqrstsma2011]

13:50 islands in the Indian Ocean; one of them is named Diego Garcia, controlled by UK, but allows the US to have a military base there

[@eladrio2311]

like roaches

[@fajfos]

When you lower amount of US basis, you will just grow numbers of russian and Chinese basis. Its simple like that.

[@bleepbloop7039]

why is everyone shocked about this, if anyone understand the impact and leadup to ww2, the rise of nukes and icbm's, and a grasp of history prior to all of this, these is no big surprise why the current dominant nation established bases like this

[@RomanKuvaldin]

13:50 Diego Garsia island, supposedly strategic bomber airbase, nuclear submarine naval support base and some quick reaction forces personnel like airborne stryker brigade.

[@bognagruba7653]

Here in Poland, the more U.S. military presence, the safer we feel. We are allies, we helped in Afganistan. Fun fact about living next to a military base - there's a pizza place in a small town where soldiers sometimes order, and they happened to order pizza on the day when Joe Biden paid a visit in 2022. He had a slice, had to drink a glass of water, and the pizza is now called Hot Joe ;)

[@klamin_original]

But you wouldn’t say no if all those bases would be converted to NATO bases, or would you?

[@bognagruba7653]

@@klamin_original I wouldn't.

[@zlykluk1]

how do you define NATO base?

[@MaryBradley-s3s]

You forget Britain came to your aid in ww2

[@klamin_original]

@@zlykluk1 The bases are all supervised by the NATO NAC and run by the local member country. Other NATO members can permanently station troops there although it would make a lot of sense to specialize the bases to specific training programs and resource depots. But in my mind that seems kind of logical that there should be a top level organization doing all the necessary supervision and coordination and the member states doing all the actual implementation and execution of the proposed guidelines.

[@steellady1164]

I live about an hour from Fayetteville NC and I've never heard of Spain having a military base there. You can't tell me that nobody in the area has never noticed it or has no knowledge of it. I'm sure the whole population within say a 30 mile radius wasn't forced to sign an NDA with the Pentagon. I don't think that guy is telling the truth.

[@winterlinde5395]

He doesn’t tell us that Spain has military bases in the USA. It’s an imaginary scenario to make you think about how it feels like as, say a German. Because the US has numerous bases here in Germany, like in countries all over the world.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

yes Ryan understand it as you are one of the ones paying for it. Australia has a US base called Pine Gap and we are not allowed to know exactly what it does. It also has other bases as well.

[@zoranocokoljic8927]

"A vacation in a foreign land...."

[@alejomanuelguerrero9326]

Fun fact: US got independence from UK thanks to Spain. Now US has 3 bases in Spain and also in former spanish territories "made independent" or sold "by force" to US like Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philipines or Guam. Apart from all former spanish territories from Alaska to Argentina. All paíd with dollars, the former spanish silver currency amweicans living in the 13 colonies gave to the Real de a Ocho

[@nablamakabama488]

It’s totally not an empire though.

[@poonczey]

cuz FREEE-DUHM!

[@janolsen9856]

The money maker. And the place most people in USA employed. over 3 million people.