Probably considered anecdotal but survey the people that live immediately around the base. You'll get much different results.
*speaking from personal experience.
As for the rest, look into the negotiations when we wanted to put a nuke carrier in Japan. They said no due to our 'complicated history' and we basically told them to enjoy speaking Korean. We're moving our Navy to Guam instead. Peace.
It's hard to look at the different situations because they're unique. I brought this up just to rebutt the idea that we don't colonize the places we conquer.