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by Rule35 1906 days ago
It still has American military bases. The war ended in 1945.

It didn't get a choice in receiving them, unlike other countries.

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It absolutely has that choice now. There are various benefits to having them, mostly economic.
Yeah, 80 years of occupation and stabilization later they sure could. That's why we did it, to prepare them to support themselves again but from a more stable base.

But what's your point? That colonization doesn't always work? Sure.