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Ron Paul says we have an empire we are maintaining. [Eek!] Good God... I didn't buy enough beer.
How's that statement incorrect? Do we not have military bases all over the world? Aren't we the only nation who does? How many British, German, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Middle Eastern bases do the other world nations have? How many are on our soil? How many strategically placed military installations does any other nation have compared to us? How many other nations economy reside on ours? When is the last time we saw chinese jets fly over american soil, or African navy off of our shores? Where is the head of the U.N. housed? Seriously to say we do not have an "empire" is ridiculous no matter what side you are on or what your political belief is. We are the defacto superpower left in the world.
No, we are not an empire. We don't even come anywhere near the definition of an empire.

We have military bases in places around the world because those places want us there. When they don't, we move as in Saudi Arabia and moving from Okinawa.

Many of those local economies want our bases in those locations. We pay handsome rent and leases for the land and provide cash and jobs for the locals.

If you think the United States is an empire and buy into all that kind of bullshit and propaganda, you have been drinking from a dirty well.
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