[bkepley]

They set up military bases in our country and others to “protect” us from the ravages of South Korea or maybe Japan.

Funny you should mention South Korea and Japan. I see precious little anti-American terrorism from those places despite a heavy US military presence. Ditto most other places in the world. There's plenty of anti-American terrorism in Saudi Arabia and we are granted a military presence there only under urgent circumstances. I guess to answer your question I believe that Americans would tend to blame their own leaders and put a quick end to it.

[lucky american]

I chose Japan and South Korea because they are not friendly with China.