Coincidence US expansion lines up with NHI time frame?

I noticed a lot of NHI dialogue has spoken about retrieval from other countries. Do you think a secondary purpose of those bases is to provide an outlet for recovery programs?

“It was only during World War II and the Cold War that the United States established a network of long‐term overseas bases in foreign countries. Since sovereignty resided with the host nation, major diplomatic negotiations were required for U.S. forces to be stationed there permanently or on long‐term leases.”