From Intrepid Report
"In February 2007, the noted military analyst Chalmers Johnson’s then new book, Nemesis: the Last Days of the American Empire, claimed “Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America’s version of the colony is the military base: and by following the changing politics of global basing, one can learn much about our ever more all-encompassing imperial ‘footprint’ and the militarism that grows with it.”
He added, “It is not easy to assess the size of exact value of our empire of bases. Official records available to the public on these subjects are misleading although instructive. According to the Defense Department’s annual inventories from 2002–2005 of real property it owns around the world, The Base Structure Report, there has been an immense churning in the numbers of installations."
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