Bases in South America: control the “backyard” of America. Ensure that cartels discipline domestic labor and provide cheap labor and drugs without disrupting your own country too much
Bases in Europe: leading your white coalition, monitoring Russia, scaring the “civilized continent” into submission with “uncivilized” migrants and ideologies, deindustrialization
Bases in Africa: extremely important minerals and raw material for your empire, getting closer to China, enforce extreme poverty, combating Russian and Chinese influence
Bases in ME: control oil vassals to placate voters at home, funding and training of terrorists with oligarch support and domestic disdain - good for covert ops and election fear mongering, borders China, enforce extreme poverty
Bases in Asia: surround China, provoke China, control South Korea and Japan
Bases in Australia: close to China, launching zone
So you see, as someone with a heart and soul I view using the military for purposes such as securing minerals and raw materials as a huge waste and downright stupid. Wouldn’t diplomats and form of “Soft Power” be better suited for this area?
When it comes to what military bases are used for in other parts of the world, specifically for preparing war against China and escalations with Russia, I have no real alternative except maybe just don’t do that. Take your troops back home and leave everyone alone. It’s naive and maybe juvenile but so is putting basses around the world to provoke violence.
So you see, as someone with a heart and soul I view using the military for purposes such as securing minerals and raw materials as a huge waste and downright stupid. Wouldn’t diplomats and form of “Soft Power” be better suited for this area?
When it comes to what military bases are used for in other parts of the world, specifically for preparing war against China and escalations with Russia, I have no real alternative except maybe just don’t do that. Take your troops back home and leave everyone alone. It’s naive and maybe juvenile but so is putting basses around the world to provoke violence.