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They're not at all arguing that just one trainer would a huge number, etc., let alone "infinite"; you just pulled that out of someplace dark.

The point is, even with 50,000 American troops in the country rather than 150,000, "not occupied" means not having tens of thousands of foreign troops, not to mention a great big "Green Zone" and a hundred thousand or so contractors, in your country.

One way or another, sooner or later, imperial powers have to get the people of their conquered territories to start doing the work of maintaining their own occupation. That's what the U.S. hopes it's accomplished now.

http://www.truth-out.org/flying-flag-faking-news62920