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Chalmers Johnson: Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire
by Chalmers Johnson
However overzealous President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might found. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the unbounded, potentially ruinous global empire of bases that goes with it. The failure to begin to deal with our bloated military construction and the profligate use of it in missions for which it is hopelessly inappropriate will, sooner rather than later, condemn the United States to a devastating triumvirate of consequences: imperial overstretch, perpetual war, and insolvency, leading to a likely collapse similar to that of the former Soviet Union.
According to the 2008 pompous Pentagon inventory of our military bases around the world, our empire consists of 865 facilities in more than 40 countries and abroad U.S. territories. We deploy over 190,000 troops in 46 countries and territories.
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CTV.caThe receding tide of warThe State TribuneObama's speech announcing the beginning of the promised drawdown of forces in Afghanistan is likely to summon up memories of Gorbachev in Vladivostok. The historic disclosures made by the beleaguered Soviet leader, who wanted nothing more than an PV Vivekanand: An Afghan tiger by the tailall 1,483 scandal articles »
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