Overseas basing consensus survives unquestioned across both U.S. parties even without a superpower rival

Evidence

Two decades after the Soviet Union’s collapse, in a world without another superpower rival, people across the political spectrum still believe as a matter of faith that overseas bases and troops are essential to protecting the country. At a time when bipartisanship has hit all-time lows, there are few issues more widely agreed upon by both Republicans and Democrats alike. The George W. Bush administration, for example, proclaimed that bases abroad have “maintained the peace” and provided “symbols of … U.S. commitments to allies and friends.” The Obama administration, for its part, declared that “forward-stationed and rotationally deployed U.S. forces continue to be relevant and required” as they “provide a stabilizing influence abroad.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 24

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 24
• XREF: connects to: Democratic consensus is always the crystallization of hegemonic power relations, never neutral agreement — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 223; Bipartisan imperial consensus ran on a benevolence veneer both parties shared.; alliance persistence requires domestic political support that international relations theories overlook — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 139 (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Democratic consensus is always the crystallization of hegemonic power relations, never neutral agreement — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 223; Bipartisan imperial consensus ran on a benevolence veneer both parties shared.; alliance persistence requires domestic political support that international relations theories overlook — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 139 (+5 more)