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The U.S. will have no reliable friends or allies and will have to depend entirely on its own strength to survive and prosper.

This will require more military spending, not less, because the open access to overseas resources, markets, and strategic bases that Americans have enjoyed will no longer come as a benefit of the country’s alliances. Instead, they will have to be contested and defended against other great powers. Americans are neither materially nor psychologically ready for this future.

-Robert Kagan
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Convivial · 26-30, F
I think overseas military bases are probably the least of your problems
Elessar · 31-35, M
@Convivial They're a fundamental part of the US military strength. If we suddenly shut them down it'll become significantly harder if not outright impossible projecting force in a pretty large slice of the world. Notably the Middle East
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
@Convivial The point is that the military bases would be more needed as international order breaks down.