'US imperial military presence unprecedented'

The American military presence in the world is global, blogger and author Tom Engelhardt told RT. "The Pentagon usually admits yearly to about 800 military bases or sites from macro to micro, but in their account they do not include anything in war zones," he said. "It is particularly strange because bases traditionally more or less were the way you kept colonies, but for us the bases are actually the thing." "The US military now has a kind of secret military inside it and those are the special operations forces which have been incredibly beefed up and taken over certain activities that once were more CIA-type activities in the Bush and now Obama period... They are stationed now in 75 countries," added Engelhardt. "There are only 192 countries in the UN -- I think that is the latest figure -- so you are talking about somewhere upwards of 40 percent just for special operations forces. It is a lot."
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[MrViTopol]

@Julia76087 - you're giving me commonplace clichees, you refuse to talk substance. you drive your govt. to start wars by yearly increasing your/your family consumption of goods/services! peace / love are wonderfull, but you're not going to stop wanting more ''stuff' than before... so, it is YOU who starts wars ! american ''economy'' is based on taking that that's not yours abroad and giving it directly to YOU ! Hence - wars, which you don't like... i don't doubt you're a swell person, it's an

[MrViTopol]

@Julia76087 - you need a good lay, Julia. a nice stress relieving no strings attached spit frying!  I can help, but you need it immediately! find a couple of studs to milk, and tell me how it goes, my dear, keep me posted. love love love

[DewitDr]

A year and a half later and the outlook is still grim.

[tehatemachine]

@MrViTopol If you at least where able to grasp basic principles of economics then you probably wouldn't of said that. Wars =/= profit. Free trade = profit/peace

Free trade is on of the reasons why there is No WWIII.

Everything around you that you take for granted. Is a result of America and it's mastering of trade.

[GiftedAmateur97]

@stupaod No, China is NOT one of the horns. The 10 horns are 10 kings (NOT nations) who come from territories from within the FORMER Roman Empire, five from the eastern division, five from the western division (Daniel 2:40-44, 7:24). That disqualifies China. Also, the harlot is NOT the United States, but the city of Rome. Revelation 17:18 clearly identifies her as such. The city "that reigns over the kings of earth" (present tense) in John's time (1st century AD) could only be Rome.

[christo930]

@keldius You're right, I didn't think about the radiation. How about carpet bombing instead?

[keldius]

@IrishUSAwrestler technically chiense don't need you of the same purpose that there is 200 other countries and plenty of place to getr essource on, why do you Think china go to africa than ?

why do you Think msot european countries started market treaty with china even canada they started doing it

[keldius]

@IrishUSAwrestler who think NATo canada britain etc would help you ? After all A lot of american doN,t wnat NATO canada and britain and etc to meddle in american Business am I right ?

[keldius]

@christo930 I dont suggest to Nuke DC (Think about the radiation to other stats )

[christo930]

Washington, DC is one of only a couple areas in the US where real-estate prices are still at bubble levels and rising! Why do you think that is? We send too much money to DC. DC should be nuked (but only while congress is in session).

[footiebeanz]

@MrViTopol I'm old, mate - well past such concerns. You might be interested in the 'gun as phallic symbol' literature, though - maybe the US has some kind of Freudian inadequacy fears and that`s why they have to keep shooting and bombing people ? (and why you are obsessed with sex)

NB - that would be your dozy, ill-educated and inadequate god - not mine :)

[MrViTopol]

@footiebeanz what'up. forgot how an orgasm feels like ? that's god punished you