The US became an empire in the late 19th century

Posted on: December 28, 2016 at 15:47:44 CT

In The Costs of War (edited by John Denson), historian Joseph Stromberg referred to the Spanish-American War of 1898 as a “trial run” for the American empire. The war had nothing to do with national defense and was purely an act of imperialism on the part of the U.S. government, which gained control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands. It led the renowned late nineteenth-century libertarian scholar,
William Graham Sumner of Yale, to compose a famous essay entitled
“The Conquest of the United States by Spain.” The essay described how the
war transformed America from a constitutional republic into an imperialist
power, just like the old Spanish Empire it defeated in the war.


Since then, the US has been in a constant state of war and empire building (war is the health of the State) that continues today. You have been programmed that this is good, that this is in "our" national interests; you have been programmed to defend and support US foreign policy and the lies surrounding it. Look at the nearly identical response 4Tigs and Ferg gave yesterday regarding Israel.

Couching sinister plans as "national interest" hits a button that generates automatic and thoughtless support.

Edited by pickle at 15:49:20 on 12/28/16