Much insight, courage, in short piece. My opinion disclaimer. I served 8 yrs, U.S. Navy, Viet Nam era. None loves, respects, admires military comrades, past, present, future more. I honor and respect their courage and commitment and service. While serving, I did not question “why” I was deployed. That’s as it should be. That said, Mr. Scheer’s column is particularly enterprising in two aspects. FIRST, he boldly ties "U.S. military muscle" to its (media taboo) metamorphic transition from idealistic patriotic defender of democracy and freedom, as currently proclaimed, to its factual corporate acquisition/enforcer mission: control of raw materials / world markets, subjugation / control of territories, and colonization ... More »

A few more citations would make this perfect.

This blog post (not a news story) has no journalistic content. It is a post at a left-wing attack site, that apparently deals in hate for Republicans (a post is entitled "Sarah Palin: The Koch Brothers' Union Maid"; another "Starship Amerika"). The author is so determined to push his ideology that he does not think about what he is saying. The obvious reason why companies have moved production overseas is that corporate tax rates are so high in the U.S. compared to other countries. I'll leave it to others to take down the rest of the errors.