How on earth do people in this country NOT realize that we're an empire? Our imperialism is demonstrated in so many ways. Here's one: we have nearly 370,000 active military troops stationed around the world.
The list of countries grouped by number of troups:
>10,000
UK
Italy
Afghanistan
Germany
Iraq
Kuwait
Japan
South Korea
2,000 to 10,000
Cuba
Spain
Qatar
Bahrain
1,000 to 2,000
Iceland
Belgium
Portugal
Turkey
Pakistan
Uzbekistan
<1,000
Honduras
Norway
Netherlands
Greece
Kyrgyzstan
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Thailand
Singapore
Australia
Diego Garcia
(source: National Geographic, Foreign Service: Soldiers Waging War and Keeping Peace, May 2004)