Wednesday, July 7, 2010

America's Tragic Descent into Empire

from AlterNet. Excerpts from Tom Engelhardt's recently published book.
Engelhardt's new book, "The American Way of War," explores the U.S.'s jaw-dropping transformation into a global military empire.
Here is just one excerpt:
Because the United States does not look like a militarized country, it's hard for Americans to grasp that Washington is a war capital, that the United States is a war state, that it garrisons much of the planet, and that the norm for us is to be at war somewhere (usually, in fact, many places) at any moment.  
Read the article for many more.