evidence: There are around 750 U.S. military bases in at least 80 countries, though Al Jazeera says the number "may be even higher as not all data is published by the Pentagon." Many U.S. military bases were built after World War II "when the U.S. took position as the global leader and peacekeeper in and around Japan and Germany," which explains why those two countries have the most bases. Then the Cold War and the Korean War gave the U.S. another reason for global military expansion – to contain communism. [...] In February the U.S. and the Philippines struck a deal that allows U.S. forces access to four additional military camps in the Philippines; two of these are near Taiwan, giving the U.S. access to a total of nine military camps. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told China that the military bases available to the U.S. military wouldn’t be used for any "offensive action," only to aid the Philippines.