Maintaining a military presence on foreign soil makes the left nervous because it feeds the perception that the UnitedStates has an itch for imperialism and can't go long without scratching it.
In 1946, Mr. Churchill warned the UnitedStates of the peril posed by communist imperialism that was imposing an "iron curtain" across the continent of Europe.
" He then clarified with a rather palpable reference to the UnitedStates: "We have all experienced the fight against imperialism and colonialism and the struggle for independence.