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<blockquote data-quote="11b1776" data-source="post: 1897928" data-attributes="member: 18139"><p>After doing some looking, I have found via the net, countries in the world anywhere from 189 to 196, The US State Department recognizes 194 independent countries around the world, but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it includes Kosovo, but does not include Taiwan, as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China.</p><p></p><p>A Sept. 30, 2010, Pentagon document titled, "Active Duty Military Personnel Strengths by Regional Area and by Country."</p><p></p><p>We tallied up all the countries with at least one member of the U.S. military, excluding those with personnel deemed to be "afloat." We found U.S. military personnel on the ground in a whopping 148 countries -- even more than Paul had said. (There are varying standards for what constitutes a "country," so that may explain the divergence from Pauls number.)</p><p></p><p>However, we should add a caveat. In 56 of these 148 countries, the U.S. has less than 10 active-duty personnel present. These include such obscure locales as Mongolia, Nepal, Gabon, Togo and Suriname.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.worldatlas.com/nations.htm" target="_blank">http://www.worldatlas.com/nations.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/" target="_blank">http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/</a></p><p></p><p>IMO military personal in 148 countries in some sort or fashion in ridiculous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="11b1776, post: 1897928, member: 18139"] After doing some looking, I have found via the net, countries in the world anywhere from 189 to 196, The US State Department recognizes 194 independent countries around the world, but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it includes Kosovo, but does not include Taiwan, as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China. A Sept. 30, 2010, Pentagon document titled, "Active Duty Military Personnel Strengths by Regional Area and by Country." We tallied up all the countries with at least one member of the U.S. military, excluding those with personnel deemed to be "afloat." We found U.S. military personnel on the ground in a whopping 148 countries -- even more than Paul had said. (There are varying standards for what constitutes a "country," so that may explain the divergence from Pauls number.) However, we should add a caveat. In 56 of these 148 countries, the U.S. has less than 10 active-duty personnel present. These include such obscure locales as Mongolia, Nepal, Gabon, Togo and Suriname. [url]http://www.worldatlas.com/nations.htm[/url] [url]http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/[/url] IMO military personal in 148 countries in some sort or fashion in ridiculous. [/QUOTE]
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