- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
US president says Iran conflict ‘terminated’ despite stand-off in the Middle East as Congress consent deadline passes
US president says Iran conflict ‘terminated’ despite stand-off in the Middle East as Congress consent deadline passes
But I have a deeper question. Why would the US maintain bases in other countries ?? What impact it has on the treasury ?? And how does it increase the national prestige ???
Military force projection. To maintain an imperial hegemony, you need some kind of presence in the places you’re looking to control. That control in turn can be used both for economic advantages (for the imperialist, mind you, not for the exploited) and to establish proxies as defense against other imperialists. The former benefits the treasury; the latter national security.
Both fuck over the other countries, but you can guess how much the imperialist powers care about that.
Well, you’re honest !!
The cost of an empire, and its “freedoms”