THose people want us there....Japan/Korea/Germany etc. Iran is attempting to build a base in Venezuela. Why do you think we've persued the "war on drugs" for so long. We have tons of troops rotating through there to make sure Hugo and Iran don't get to cozy.
You dont see me arguing those places. lol. I dont want to speak for Paul, so Im not going to talk out of our ass, but I think he's reffering more to the troops we have in the middle east protecting our assests in places that dont want us there.
I cant see them packing up the 3rd MarDiv and sending it home, lol.
You really dont think that Iran's actions can be directly related to our actions in the middle east? Because I think it would be incredibly ignorant to try and argue that our actions there have nothing to do with Irans current actions.
If someone broke into my neighbors house several times and shot at him, youre damn right im going to be buying some weapons. We were the aggressors over there, and IMHO, a large portion of Irans actions can be directly attributed to that. Im sure they wouldnt be our best friends if we didnt invade Iraq and Afghanistan, but im willing to bet it would be a helluva lot different.
My feeling is that Iran is making a lot of actions out of fear of being next.