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disalitervisum

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5. Currently reading "Sorrows Of Empire"

Reply to nikibatts (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 09:36 AM

Mar 2017

by Chalmers Johnson, published 2004. Provides an excellent history of how we got to where we are, especially vis-a-vis the military.

I think there are currently 804 American military installations worldwide. Pretty much speaks for itself.

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Every Democrat with a heart to care and a head to understand needs to read this and the book. [View all] nikibatts Mar 2017 OP

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Currently reading "Sorrows Of Empire" disalitervisum Mar 2017 #5

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