Ten steps to liquidate US bases
If Washington continues to operate in the role of a global hegemon, with its military inventory of 865 facilities in more than 40 countries and overseas US territories, it could well follow in the former Soviet Union's footsteps and become a crippled economic power. - Chalmers Johnson (Aug 3, '09)

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