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political splits lead to a smaller number than expected. also some of them about the greek debt write down proves premature as often suffer as a fresh downgrade from french ratings agency with moody's going even further and declaring greece in default of the country sealed the deal with private investors that reduces the greek by over one hundred billion euros. if you can do stay with us or not see up next it's a very special report called standing it takes a look at how american military bases shape the lives of millions in the hundred plus countries where they're based here watching what's. beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that new liberal

globalization with its builtin self-regulating mechanisms will finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and with us for the planet into an era of relative peace and prosperity. will bring on the great depression nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that believed 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 the 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 and military expansion related in some way. when we have different presentations or sometimes bands that come or even will be 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 our party the first was parties this other events that have been here at the center as well you know they have they have solved

a lot. of it. in the early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the world forms the new empire that the united states is trying to build when you look at the pentagon's website and their public information they have 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 go back to. the movies that we have of the movies are free. the unit of empire

in the classic european empires was the calling. the unity for the american empire is not the colony it's the military bases bases on the number there the media. the point of projection on mentioned 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 the war and not war preparation is just 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.

in the past when the american soldiers came we would ring this bell to scare them away. we would scream yankee go home. over. the american bases have not only stolen our lawns but also our way of life

culture our history and everything else such a thing cannot be tolerated. they say the bases are here to guarantee world peace they've been used in the korean war in vietnam and now in iraq. in war people die but it's obvious. that there were. both or i feel a great pain in my heart because our lands are being used to kill people. if a cop asks you for a knife. there is nothing wrong. but if he asks you for a knife to murder someone or lending it to him would make you a murderer or. photograph it says give me back my love it too much 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 war remained and the us 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 okinawa still represents america's military stronghold in east asia the island hosts thirty

eight u.s. bases which has a force of the thirty five thousand soldiers. well aware of 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. you know how bad. the atomic bomb wires could burst or worse than a terrible sunburn specially where you and i 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 place the u.s. wanted a base and yet also another cost because of the cold war to go garcia has a most wonderful you know luggage. that would really be the ideal place for a base so we were at. the wrong place if you know the wrong place at that time because our place was the best place for the most sophisticated us then you could base outside of the u.s. and the u.k. in one thousand nine hundred eighty 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 its true strategic position and to put 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 conflicts. the diego garcia exiles today have scattered between mauritians and the united kingdom where for years they have been fighting a legal battle to return to them. in two thousand and eight though the house of lords over room for all the cases previously won by the islanders which the pelts their right of return. we had to suffer exile because of for defense purposes and we think surprise ends up prize needs to be exiled from your homeland for the defense of the west. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth. and the shadow is an

approaching 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 of the collapse of the soviet union one hundred ninety one above all how fast our country moved united states to 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 because eliminating any basis for this global apparatus there was no further reason for it it was irrelevant. 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'll learn 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 a new enemy was for a while it was drugs you had a war on drugs then came terrorism and that was a very good substitute in the minds of early it is sometimes her kind of take sometimes they're afraid of very little lot but notice something else about you know that i don't think you quite understandably well sometimes when you become afraid there isn't anything that's really dangerous i'm time to think think they're dangerous when they're not chance toccoa 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 work. but. what they were. a network of basis means that you have at your fingertips if you were the emperor of the west the means of reply to war there's always somebody we don't lie and somebody who must be stopped perpetual war for perpetual peace has been the american dream once we were launched upon him we would never look back and we would always

find a pretext to attack another. targeting is an effort to process many things are considered we have advanced weapon systems with perception ministries and we take care in matching the appropriate order 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 goal for the us established a permanent military presence in the middle east but like it had done fifty years earlier in europe and the station. the true consequences of this policy would be seen only ten years later in two thousand and one who some of the large insights of the us military presence in his homeland saudi arabia as a reason for his hatred of the united states. in

a curious twist of fate the nine eleven attacks and america's military response paved the way for the path of 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 u.s. bases i would say the majority are the result of war they are the booty or loot of war in the sense that they were captured during wartime and never given back following the u.s. bombing of iraq in eight hundred ninety one the united states wound up with military bases in saudi arabia kuwait bahrain kater our oman and united arab emirates following its bombing of yugoslavia and eight hundred

eighty nine the us and wound up with military bases in kosovo or bay area garia macedonia hungary was the and croatia following us when we go to afghanistan in two thousand and one into the us wound up with military bases in afghanistan pakistan kazakhstan uzbekistan tajikistan kurdistan georgia yemen and jubilantly following us bombing at invasion of iraq in two thousand and three 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 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. and presence in countries such as he rocks such as afghanistan such as kosovo . so that's. what we have and here is a video games. some

of the things that go. with it. is to look to us for a spin at first but soon the trolls daily see you can see again by one being either for quite a long time and made at that age as well to give way pay for college get someone to do for a long time and tons who is active there never want to just jump so had to be infantry for me something i could be moving around constantly doing something active so how do you feel about being deployed to iraq or afghanistan. i'm nervous but i'm ready if i get called to go. thank you be enough to say the experience of it. falling

apart by the cloud by the thought. well the u.s. japan security alliance is the cornerstone of america's defense posture in the asia pacific and the united states is both the 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 for ten days to the island of guam a u.s. territory the move though is tied to the construction of a new strip on the eastern coast of okinawa into nor could. the project follows the decision to expand the jungle warfare training center. for the north in short the u.s. has agreed to return some to the mochas but only if they accept to give up more land elsewhere on the island.

you know if. this is an ideal habitat for the do gongs we have to do all we can take care of it. the reef is right here. it protects the bay and enables the sea grass that do go. where there are not. this is come schwab military base. the us established it in the midst of world war two. with the knowledge that i get. that now they want to destroy two kilometers of henoch obey. all the way to or a bay and build a floating airport and without it. not a look at it go. the us takes no responsibility for its impact on people or the environment. since many rare species live here this was

a very serious consequences. in okinawa or are the only ones in the whole of eastern asia. and there are less than fifty left.

i sat in front of cum swabbed for one year from morning to night nor new day three i held up a sign saying no new basis for that and a lot of soldiers came out to talk to me you know it will be they offer me hamburgers for breakfast when. i'm out. and they were so young that. i couldn't believe they would be sent to iraq to murder other people all. of them with. you know your price they want to hear these kids are trained to kill we must stop us and we believe we can prevent the construction of these help us with our actions i would look to obviously we only resort to peaceful means of protest that are. flat on your group of.

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 resigning we did not mean national defense or the obligation of citizenship for able bodied people to defend

a country in times of national emergency we mean a 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 any sort as the roman republic slowly inadvertently thoughtlessly acquired themselves an empire they began to realize they needed standing or something like that happened in america after world war two as we began to build an arms industry. and an apparatus to support human standing army that subtly altered the political structure of. standing armies. destroy federalism they bring power to washington d.c.

they require more wealth in order to maintain these our needs these are long service armies twenty years or 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. attention abeyta detention i am a fish in air there is a fact away. from . the the all

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