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[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 weeks ago

Besides making things up they also left out some important stuff like Pine Gap in Oz and Diego Garcia in BIOT. Strange that a .ml user would present a less than well researched argument...

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 25 points 3 weeks ago

Well this is embassayssing.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No bases in USA proper, one smack dab in the Brazilian capital.

An actually reliable source - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/infographic-us-military-presence-around-the-world-interactive

You can also use this map with filters to check for specific base types - https://www.todaysmilitary.com/ways-to-serve/bases-around-world

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing. Pretty interesting that aside from Diego Garcia and Australia, there are no bases in the southern Hemisphere.

[–] callmepk@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why is there one in Beijing

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 20 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe it's just embassies?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

See how imperialistic those yanks are? Nowhere is safe!

[–] mariusafa 13 points 3 weeks ago

I always knew Moscow was an American base!

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Well, they did apologize for being on mobile, maybe that's why they're posting irrelevant nonsense.

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 10 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yes, the famous US base of Paris, of course!

[–] sittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago

I must be imagining that military base I pass whenever I visit my parents as I don’t see it on the map.

Actually embassies have armed Marines in them so they're technically military bases which proves Russia is only acting in legitimate self-defense

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently there's a land bridge connecting all of Indonesia and Malaysia to Australia. I thought global warming is going to cause rising sea levels, not falling?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Looking through their post history, they can’t even make image posts correctly. Either not the brightest bulb or they’re working for the Internet Research Agency

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

Pins aside, it's just a weird map in general. Seems like you could've walked from Siberia to Australia through Japan almost lol