America's borders - and the nation they protect - are at risk. Year after year, illegal aliens flout our laws and threaten our security as they surge across our frontiers, and pass through our ports of entry, by the millions. In the ranks of this silent invasion are drug smugglers, foreign agents, fugitives from justice, and terrorists. As the late President Reagan pointed out years ago, the U. S. has "lost control of our own borders and no nation can do that and survive."
The American public is constantly told that we can't seal our borders and better screen entrants through our ports of entry. The fact is, Congress and the White House have never tried. As the following list indicates, official Washington is more than willing to deploy the U. S. Armed Forces to help secure the borders and ensure the political and economic stability of foreign countries. Of the 192 countries in the world, the United States maintains diplomatic relations with all but Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, and North Korea. All of the countries, except Vatican City, are members of the United Nations. At last report, the United States has troops in 135 countries. The list below is taken from the Department of Defense, Active Duty Military Personnel Strengths by Regional Area and by Country (309A) September 30, 2003.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Antigua
Argentina
Azerbaijan
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Columbia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote D'lvoire
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Jamaica
Japan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Singapore
Sierra Leone
Slovenia
Spain
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe