Thanks for the Google stream, they don’t support your assertion that we have bases in over 100 countries, or anything like it. And most of our Mideast presence came about subsequent to Saddam Hussein’s invation of Kuwait.
We don't need to be anywhere other than here and where ever we are fighting an actual war.
More links you will ignore...
http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/miltop.htm
http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/us-military-bases-a-global-footprint-1/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases