Why the U.S. Has Troops around the World

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Simple restatement of the history behind American involvement in the world. It acknowledges the key error of the Paultard isolationists--the danger inherent in leaving a power vacuum in the world.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/why_the_us_has_troops_around_the_world.html

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