Damascus-Sana
Declared and hidden military bases deployed by the United States in more than 160 countries around the world constitute another different and strange aspect of the US occupation through which Washington was able to intervene indirectly and make huge profits on the other hand by obtaining money for its military presence and what began in the form of royalties paid by these countries In the time of US President Donald Trump, US forces have become a source of profit, prompting many more countries, notably Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Trump began using American military bases, which are deployed as octopus arms in dozens of countries under the pretext of helping security operations to draw more money. He recently called on several countries, including Japan, to increase the amounts they usually pay to US forces stationed there four times what they currently pay.
At a time of growing public anger among the Japanese about the presence of US soldiers in their country due to the high rate of crimes and incidents of violence directly related to them, and repeated mass demonstrations that have emerged repeatedly in recent years in protest against the US Futenma air base in Okinawa Prefecture.
Washington has asked Tokyo to increase the amount it pays to US troops in Japan, estimated at about 540,000, from about $ 2 billion to about $ 8 billion, as many US allies face pressure from Washington over defense spending. Trump recently insisted that South Korea is paying more for the US military presence on its territory and has not provided an opportunity to draw money from the Saudi regime in return for what it sees as "US protection for Saudi Arabia."
The US pretexts to deploy its forces around the world are part of Washington's own security threats, such as on the Korean Peninsula. Successive US administrations have pursued hostile policies against the DPRK, accompanied by extensive media campaigns that portrayed Pyongyang as a threat to countries. Asian neighbors, including Japan and South Korea, have made US forces a foothold in that region. Parallel Western politicized media have portrayed Russia as a threat. NATO, "NATO" flew in eastern Europe Bmtakhmh the Russian border.
Though such threats do not exist, the United States has argued that it has 95 percent of its military bases around the world and has deployed troops in more than 160 countries, while the Pentagon is hiding hundreds of other military sites.
As for the Saudi regime, the situation is very different, as the authoritarian regime, which is the main supporter and the first source of terrorism in the world, offers huge sums of money to the United States in exchange for arms deals with it to continue its survival while Washington turns a blind eye to the crimes and violations committed by this regime against its people. In neighboring countries for money and oil.
The assumptions of loyalty and obedience offered by the Saudi regime to the United States and behind the entity of the Israeli occupation are reflected in the transformation of Saudi Arabia to the most important American centers in the region used by Washington in the implementation of its attacks on neighboring countries with Saudi and Gulf funds stained with the blood of innocent people in Syria, Iraq or Libya and the list goes on.
Bassima Kenoun
