Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire

And Ten Steps to Take to Do So

These massive concentrations of American military power outside the United States are not needed for our defense. They are, if anything, a prime contributor to our numerous conflicts with other countries. They are also unimaginably expensive. According to Anita Dancs, an analyst for the website Foreign Policy in Focus, the United States spends approximately $250 billion each year maintaining its global military presence. The sole purpose of this is to give ... Full Story »

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by John Louden - Aug. 1, 2009

There is no input from the currrent military establishment, but a salient quote from a retired army colonel who advises the Center for Defense Information in D.C.

Colonel Douglas MacGregor, U.S. Army (retired), an adviser to the Center for Defense Information in Washington, summarizes our hopeless project in South Asia this way: “Nothing we do will compel 125 million Muslims in Pakistan to make common cause with a United States in league with the two states that are unambiguously anti-Muslim: Israel and India.”

Chalmers Johnson makes a strong case; as a bonus Pakistan’s ISI, et al, gets a mention.

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