 local artwork in a Oaxacan cafe – foto by smith The USA has 761 military bases strung across a planet Earth that only has 194 countries on it – that would average four USA military bases per country. The peak Roman Empire had 37 major military bases scattered around the world. At the apogee of the English Empire, the British had 36 military bases planet wide. We have 761 active military “sites” abroad. For example, we have 106 bases in Iraq, 124 bases in Japan, 38 bases on the small island of Okinawa, 87 bases in South Korea. Who knows where the other 406 are. The USA is also the largest arms dealer and seller of weapons of mass destruction on the planet – $135 billion of U.S. weapons sold in 2007, or 38% of all arms sold worldwide. Russia came in second with $68 billion, then France with $32 billion, the United Kingdom at $26 billion and China at $12 billion. That $135 billion we get selling arms to the rest of the world should cover one year of our war with Iraq and Afghanistan. The USA spends more on military defense than the rest of the world combined – our Defense Budget for 2009 is $651.2 billion The USA has bombed more than 50 countries in the past 62 years. The USA has slaughtered over 2 million Iraqi civilians during Bill Clinton’s and George W. Bush’s presidencies. Rather odd actions for a professed Christian nation. It is interesting how death and destruction always seems to follow God worshipers around. Welcome to the killing floor. The base info came from http://www.alternet.org/audits/97913/the_us_has_761_military_bases_across_the_planet%2C_and_we_simply_never_talk_about_it/ . . . the rest of the data came from my previous blogs. Killing Floor I should’a quit you, long time ago If I ha’da followed, my first mind I should’a went on, when my friend come from Mexico at me Lord knows, I should’a been gone by Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin’ Wolf  Oaxacan artwork in a local cafe – foto by smith |