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beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that new liberal globalization with its builtin self-regulating mechanisms would finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and would assure the planet into an era of relative peace and prosperity. will bring on a great. nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that belief to be largely a myth. but many signs were already there. markets have always relied on state power and military might. america's transformation from republic to economic superpower following world war two was accompanied by the creation of a global network of military bases unlike any other in history. according to the

pentagon's base structure report today these amount to seven hundred sixteen in thirty eight countries more than two hundred fifty thousand soldiers stationed on these bases in addition to this the u.s. has a military presence in one hundred ten countries around the world. a year after his election barack obama approved a new. administration's first military budget this amounts to six hundred eighty billion dollars thirty billion more than bush's last defense budget and almost equalling the seven hundred eighty seven billion dollars set aside by the new administration for the economic crisis stimulus package why despite the crisis does the military budget keep growing a crises a military expansion related in some way. when we have different friends and stations or sometimes bands that come or even move we

have talent night if we have people that want to show off their talent we have a stage. we've done all sorts of things here from a halloween party christmas parties there's other events that have been here at the center as well you know they had they have softened. up. in the early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the forms the new empire that the united states is trying to get when you look at the pentagon's website in their public information they had knowledge having somewhere over seven hundred military bases scattered among about one hundred thirty countries that's astonishing that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around the world it's not illegal to take but.

i've got to start. with the movies that we have and the movies are free. the unit of empire in the classic european empires was the calling. the unity for the american empire is not a colony. it's the military base bases are the number the. the point of rejection of our challenge and most people don't understand the bases exist i don't understand the functions of voter bases and and it's much frankly it's much easier for people to gauge with things like this war in iraq. question of torture things that immediately outrage them these are internet stations where soldiers can not only check the internet but they also have the

capability of doing webcams back home. you can go in. to focus on war and not war preparation is to simply shovel after the elephant one has to look at the war preparations that are going on around the world which military bases are central to. if one doesn't pay attention to that then again we can only deal with the symptoms which is which is warfare there's a saying that goes when soldiers come war comes.

because in the past when the american soldiers came we would ring this bell to scare them away. we would scream yankee go home.

the american bases have not only stolen but also our way of life or culture our history and everything else such a thing cannot be tolerated. they say the bases are here to world peace so they've been used in the korean war in vietnam and now in iraq. in war people die. and of course there are. but i feel a great pain in my heart because our lands are being used to kill people who are. if a crook ask you for a knife. there is nothing wrong in lending it to but if you ask you for a knife to murder someone lending it to him would make you a murderer or or both in order to photograph it says give me back my lot it's

not that. thank. you. world war two marked the birth of america's global empire of bases for germany italy and japan the defeat was followed by the establishment of a permanent american presence that continues to this day. nowhere is this clearer than in okinawa a little island south of the japanese mainland which after the wall remained and the u.s. administration until nine hundred seventy two when the island was returned to japan

in those years the us established dozens of military bases on the island today along with south korea and due to its proximity to china and taiwan now is still represents america's military stronghold in east asia the island hosts thirty eight u.s. bases which has a force of thirty five thousand soldiers. the growing tension between the u.s. and the soviet union following the war led to an unprecedented global military buildup and to a strategy of exploitation of people's fears that in various forms has continued to this day. a good or bad deal there palming on why it's good for you worse than a terrible sunburn specially where you're not covered in those years america expanded into new territories such as the case of diego garcia

a small island in the indian ocean part of the british overseas territories whose inhabitants got caught up in the global power struggle. nobody seems to know that diego garcia used to have a very considerable population it was all entirely bundled up and shipped out in order to as the u.s. navy put it sanitize the workers the u.s. wanted a base and indian ocean at all cost because of the cold war diego garcia has a most wonderful you know lug. that would really be the ideal place for a base so we were at. a wrong place if you know of the wrong

place at that time because our place was a best base froyo the more sophisticated us than you can base outside of the u.s. and the u.k. in one nine hundred seventy one due to an agreement between the u.k. in the us the british made the island available to the americans as a military base because of it's just pretty chick position and to court it it's two thousand inhabitants today according to the pentagon diego garcia is one of the thirteen major u.s. military bases in the world and has played a crucial role in all post nine eleven the conflicts. the diego garcia exiles to date have scattered between mauritians and the united kingdom where for years they have been fighting a legal battle to return to their island in two thousand and eight though the house of lords overruled all the cases previously won by the islanders which propelled their right of return. we had to suffer exile because of for defense purposes and weak means

a prize and that prize needs to be exiled from your homeland for the defense of the west. to a substantial degree in one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth. and the shadow is encroaching upon our own liberty. i was certainly a cold warrior i thought the soviet union was a menace i still do i still believe that we had every right to try and defend ourselves against the power of the soviet union i began to change i got new information after the collapse of the soviet union and i think anyone above all how fast our country moved you don't stay and find a replacement enemy to keep the military industrial complex functioning to

serve the vested interests in the cold war system i was appalled by this i believe that we should have had after the collapse of the soviet union that eliminated any basis for this global apparatus there was no further reason for it it was irrelevant. and instead they moved at once to find another enemy china. terrorism. drug lords even instability anything to keep it going we need an enemy it's like we were a football team and we'll be in prophecy to play a game we learned certain plays and now we don't have any opponent no how can we play this game anymore and so they needed a new enemy and the new enemy was or was it was drugs we had a war on drugs with then came terrorism and that was a very good substitute in the minds of our lead is sometimes her freedom think. sometimes they're afraid of very little lot but notice something else about you

know that i don't think you quite understandably but they are well sometimes when you become afraid there isn't anything that's really dangerous on time to think things are dangerous when they're not john stockwell a former cia agent wrote i think a very poor. same book called in search of enemies in which he identified different areas in the u.s. society where there were there were the propaganda machine was geared up to identify a particular enemy of the moment in order that the us public would support a military build up or support a particular war. but i don't know. what they were. a network of bases means that you have at your fingertips if you were the emperor of the west of the means of the. there's always somebody we don't like and somebody who must be stopped perpetual war for

perpetual peace is being the american dream once we were launched upon him we would never look back and we were always find a pretext to attack another. targeting is an effort to process many things are considered we have advanced weapon systems with perception munitions and we take care in matching the appropriate ordnance to produce the desired effect on a target. for. the foundations for the new world order will aid in the middle east in one thousand nine hundred one following the first gulf war the us established a permanent military presence in the middle east but like it had done fifty years earlier in europe and east asia. the true

consequences of this policy would be seen only ten years later in two thousand and one osama bin laden cited the us military presence in his homeland saudi arabia as a reason for his hatred of the united states. inexperienced twist of fate the nine eleven attacks and america's military response paved the way for the birth of a new military bases in iraq and central asia first and foremost in afghanistan. the relationship between bases and war is a hand in glove relationship bases most of the us bases i would say the majority are the result of war they are either booty or loot of war in the sense that they were captured during wartime and never given back following the us bombing of iraq

imagine ninety one united states wound up with military bases in saudi arabia kuwait bahrain cain char oman and the united arab emirates following its bombing of yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine the us wound up with military bases in kosovo or bay area garia macedonia hungary bosnia and croatia following a strong leader up jonathan in two thousand and one into the us wound up with military bases in afghanistan pakistan it was better stand to stand kurdistan georgia yemen and the following us varma get a division of iraq in two thousand the phrase the united states wound up with iraq . staying behind. i believe is actually at the as the ultimate purpose of many of these wars we used to think of military bases

being built in order to wage the worse and i think increasingly we see the wars themselves as convenient opportunities to station the bases and to have a more to. presence in countries such as iraq such as afghanistan such as possible . so have some of. what we have in here is video games.

systems that go. visit. was to launch a test first pin it first consume a new gun controls daily. you can see you can buy one of any idea for quite a long time and made that he has like well it would pay for college someone to do for a long time and tons do is active and they're never wanted this job so has to be infantry for me something i could be moving around constantly doing something active so how

do you feel about being supplied to iraq or afghanistan. i'm nervous but i'm ready if i get called to go. thank you d. and other say the experience to make. fun of. find out by. well the u.s. japan security alliance is the cornerstone of america's defense posture in the asia pacific and the united states as both a transpacific and a transatlantic power but we couldn't project that power without the men and women who serve here in japan as we look at the region it is at peace but we have threats like what we hear every day from north korea. and the security mission is essential to continuing to under gird

america's leadership and being prepared for the kind of challenges we face but also to seize the opportunities for a better future. in two thousand and nine after years of local protests u.s. secretary of state clinton signed an agreement with the japanese government to move the eight thousand troops stationed in the fertile base to the islands of a u.s. territory the move though is tied to the construction of a new strip on the eastern coast of okinawa in himachal bay the project follows the decision to expand the jungle warfare training sent him to the north in short the

u.s. has agreed to return some land to the locals but only if they accept to give up more land elsewhere on the items. that you know you mother. this is an ideal habitat for the do gong's we have to do all we can to take care of it. the reef is right here. it protects the bay and enables the sea grass that do go to take flourish. this is come schwab military base. the u.s. established it in the midst of world war two. got it ok. but now they want to destroy two kilometers of heno kobe. all the way to or away and build a floating airport. you know

a look at it but i don't know but i think you know. the u.s. takes no responsibility for its impact on people or the environment. since many rare species live here as would a very serious consequences. in okinawa are the only ones in the whole of eastern asia. and there are less than fifty left.

i sat in front of comes wild for one year from morning to night nor newbie three i held up a sign saying no new basis through that and a lot of soldiers came out to talk to me ill have to back it they offer me hamburgers for breakfast. and that. they were so young that. i couldn't believe they would be sent to iraq to murder other people all of them. if you're young you know you are by thoughtless here these kids are trained to kill

we must start less and we believe we can prevent the construction of these telepaths with our actions the obviously we only resort to peaceful means of protest that a. five hundred year group of. a lot of challenges but we also have some real opportunities and it's up to each of us to determine the role that we will play on behalf of our country and our leadership but i have every confidence that when it comes to defending america's security and advancing our interests we have nobody better than all of you so thank you and thanks to your families thanks for the service and the sacrifice and thanks for making

a difference everything. by not resume we do not mean national defense or the obligation of citizenship for able bodied people to defend the country in times of national emergency we mean our way of life a way of making a living an ideological position originally our conception of american military was like the early roman legions of the republic they were raised for emergency. farmers left their fields went to war and were instantaneously demobilize they were not long service forces or idiots or as the roman republic slowly inadvertently thoughtlessly acquired themselves an empire they began to realize they needed a standing order something like that happened in america after world war two as we began to build an arms industry. and an apparatus to support

a huge standing army that subtly altered the political structure but still. bending armies. destroy federalism they bring power to washington d.c. they require more wealth in order to maintain these armies these are long service armies twenty years and so they have to be taken care of when they become redundant things of this sort it alters the power picture radically and that's of course what ultimately brought down the roman republic. bitin attention our mate is there and there is a fact. we're

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