[NickGrass]

This thread has been prompted by a couple of threads on a couple of the forums of the four upon which I regularly post.
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We presently have substancial military presence in:

IRAQ, AFGANISTAN, KOREA, JAPAN, AND EUROPE. as well as smaller contingents in several other locations, masqurading as "MILITARY ADVISORS" ( This thread is not intended to include temporary humanitarian sojourns, or Permanent Embassy Cadres to which the reasons for our presence is self evident)

I would ask each or any of you to offer your personal opinions as to :

1. Why we are still there (your choice of locations)
2. What benefit our presence is to that area, and to The United States,
3. What would be the result if we simply came home.

PLEASE NOTE: I asked for "Personal Opinions" based on morality, Religious concerned, and/or even political reasons. But PLEASE don't resort to canned partison reteric, or second hand opinions of others regardless of their stature.