Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. September 29, 2008. If we don't cut back our ever-increasing military spending in a major way, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable.
Robert Scheer, Twelve. June 27, 2008. The huge "defense" spending going on in our name is irrational and costly, but there are powerful vested interests that want to keep it that way.
Michael Schwartz, Tomdispatch.com. May 27, 2008. Because of the Iraqis, the glorious sounding Global War on Terror has been transformed into an endless, hopeless actual war
David Michael Green, AlterNet. February 28, 2008. We've been in conflict for about half the period between World War II and the present but consider ourselves a "peace-loving" nation.
Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 30, 2008. The neocons' project to create a "benign" global empire is dead, a victim of their own hubris.
Ira Chernus, Foreign Policy in Focus. November 7, 2007. American foreign policy -- both good and bad -- has always been deeply influenced by Christian theology.
Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. May 22, 2007. The United States is a proud nation of firsts -- among them weapon sales, military expenditure, oil consumption, CO2 emissions, external debt, private military personnel and more.
Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. May 17, 2007. Brilliant historian and essayist Chalmers Johnson argues that unless we face up to the tremendous strain our empire is having on America, we will lose our democracy, and then it will not matter much what else we lose.
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash. March 24, 2007. U.S. military expert Chalmers Johnson argues the catastrophe in Iraq and the staggering cost of running a military that stretches across 130 countries on 737 bases may finally cost America its empire.
Chalmers Johnson, Metropolitan Books. February 19, 2007. With more than 2,500,000 U.S. personnel serving across the planet and military bases spread across each continent, it's time to face up to the fact that our American democracy has spawned a global empire.
Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. February 2, 2007. The dream of the Bush administration -– eternal global domination -- disappeared in Iraq. But it remains to be seen if the American people will choose to keep their empire or return to a constitutional democracy.
