” It is entirely normal and correct for a people to rise up and resist the occupation of their land by foreign powers. ”

Wackos keep saying this, without any regard for reality.
Japan, Germany, Korea, Austria, Italy…
Go there, David S. Learn a Lesson Of History. It is entirely normal for people to accept a robust US military presence when necessary, and decades later, their nation is generally much more prosperous because of it.
Even in Iraq. Kurdistan is the most “Accepting” area of Iraq regarding US forces. The Kurds are not attacking us, and have not. They do not want us out.
Kurdistan is safer and more proseperous than other areas of Iraq. You can actually visit Kurdistan as a tourist without an escort of security guards.
This is reality, and it is not coincidence.
Even we Americans accepted foreign troops on our soil when it was a good thing. Lafayette? We have streets and towns named after him. After 9-11, European and Canadian NATO crews guarded our skies in NATO AWACs aircraft- and these aircraft were registered in Luxembourg!

Yeah, remember the intense anti-Luxembourg hatred after that? Me neither. Funny.

Summary: Smart people are capable of discerning when the presence of foreign troops is positive, and in such cases they accept it. Stupid people make blanket ” foreign military presence = bad” assumptions without further consideration. Nations with smart people prosper.