David Irving’s Swiftsource

Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2004 The number of countries in which the United States has a presence is staggering. According the U.S. Department of State's list of "Independent States in the World," there are 192 countries in the world, all of which, except Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, and North Korea, have diplomatic relations with the United States. All of these countries except one (Vatican City) are members of the United Nations. According to the Department of Defense publication, "Active Duty Military Personnel - Strengths by Regional Area and by Country," (pdf file) the United States has troops in 135 countries. Here is the list:AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAntiguaArgentinaAzerbaijanAustraliaAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAntiguaArgentinaAzerbaijanAustraliaAustriaBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelgiumBelizeBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBulgariaBurmaBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaChadChileChinaColumbiaCongoCosta RicaCote D'lvoireCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominican RepublicEast TimorEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGuatemalaGuineaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIraqIsraelItalyJamaicaJordanKazakhstanKenyaKuwaitKyrgyzstanJamaicaJapanLaosLatviaLebanonLiberiaLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMaliMalaysiaMaltaMexicoMongoliaMoroccoMozambiqueNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth KoreaNorwayOmanPakistanParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussiaSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbia and MontenegroSingaporeSierra LeoneSloveniaSpainSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSri LankaSurinameSyriaSwedenSwitzerlandTanzaniaThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUruguayVenezuelaVietnamYemenZambiaZimbabweThis means that the United States has troops in 70 percent of the world's countries.

The average American could probably not locate half of these 135 countries on a map. The number of countries in which the United States has a presence is staggering. According the U.S. Department of State's list of "Independent States in the World," there are 192 countries in the world, all of which, except Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, and North Korea, have diplomatic relations with the United States. All of these countries except one (Vatican City) are members of the United Nations. According to the Department of Defense publication, "Active Duty Military Personnel - Strengths by Regional Area and by Country," (pdf file) the United States has troops in 135 countries. Here is the list: AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAntiguaArgentinaAzerbaijanAustraliaAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAntiguaArgentinaAzerbaijanAustraliaAustriaBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelgiumBelizeBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBulgariaBurmaBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaChadChileChinaColumbiaCongoCosta RicaCote D'lvoireCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominican RepublicEast TimorEcuadorEgypt El SalvadorEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGuatemalaGuineaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIraqIsraelItalyJamaicaJordanKazakhstanKenyaKuwaitKyrgyzstanJamaicaJapanLaosLatviaLebanonLiberiaLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMaliMalaysiaMaltaMexicoMongoliaMoroccoMozambiqueNepal NetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth KoreaNorwayOmanPakistanParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussiaSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbia and MontenegroSingaporeSierra LeoneSloveniaSpainSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSri LankaSurinameSyriaSwedenSwitzerlandTanzaniaThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUruguayVenezuelaVietnamYemenZambiaZimbabwe