The cost of empire

Miriam Pemberton: US government spending $100 B annually to maintain 1000 foreign military bases

Produced by Jesse Freeston

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[Hperman09]

@DerBotoxPapst I don't see Austria save the world from Soviet communism during the Cold War, i don't see Austria send Iraqi forces back to their own borders from Kuwait during the first Gulf War, I don't see how Austria stop ethic cleansing by the Serbs in the 1990s Balkans. Whether like it or not as long the UN exists, no country can stay in isloation forever and acts upon it's interests before it blows into something worse(WW2 for example). And if you think that's not the case, then so be it.

[Hperman09]

@DerBotoxPapst Nothing to do wit that. When Japan and Germany conquer countries one by one, most democracies sit back one by one and it was blown into WW2. WW2 killed more people than the ones the U.S. and it's allies engaged in smaller wars after WW2. Sure, the U.S. is very trigger happy and doesn't do what always is right at one time but guess what the interventions after WW2 is the REASON why WW3 didn't happen.

Let me ask you a question: What has you country done for world peace?

[DerBotoxPapst]

@Hperman09 wrong, what led to ww2 was the ridiculous treaty of versailles, the occupation of german territory + the economic crisis made in USA.

[asrafoo]

viva equador!!!



[Hperman09]

@j12torts You also realize that those countries in actually BEG us to stay there?

Any US base creates a mini-economy in the surrounding area. From leasing the land, to services the base needs such as food, water, electricity, fuel, laundry, etc.

Also, if a country didn't want us on their land, they need only ask. They can choose to terminate the bases and kick us out. The fact that they haven't means they want us there or at the very least, understand the reasoning behind our presence there.

[Hperman09]

@DerBotoxPapst Everything you describe is isolationism - that;s what led to WW2 in the 1st place. you know nothing about foreign politics.

[DerBotoxPapst]

@Hperman09 and who are you to decide who's going to be big and who's not? mind your own fucking business.

[j12torts]

@MrFranco1470 that's probably why people hate USA is because your military presence in their country annoys them. Sounds like the Roman Empire to you? The army and the empire got way too big and to complicated to maintain. Its just economics that will bring us down. Not a matter of how but when. History repeats itself my friend.

[j12torts]

man this is the Roman Empire all over again. Let's stop all this bullshit wars and maybe our empire will survive longer.

[imingzee]

All this "defense" has nothing to do with eliminating terrorism. It is simply a measure to disable those leaders of the world who might resist the NWO. The NWO is not some fantastic conspiracy, it is just about centralizing monetary control and to certain extents, political power. It's not some wild theory, it's a simple truth. Why else would the US dig further into debt when it's already broke on invasions? Spreading out the problem worldwide will 'lessen' the burden per citizen, for some time