Catherine Lutz: US Bases and Empire: Global Perspectives on the Asia Pacific - bases,military,other,their,basing,been,New York,United States

Is this the true Republican agenda ?
"Unprecedented is the global omnipresence and unparalleled lethality of the U.S. military, and the ambition with which it is being deployed around the world. These bases bristle with an inventory of weapons whose worth is measured in the trillions and whose killing power could wipe out all life on earth several times over. Their presence is meant to signal, and at times demonstrate, that the US is able and willing to attempt to control events in other regions militarily."

The power of the pentagon and State department in keeping the facts out of the media is alarming. It transcends political parties and seems immune to the tax cut fervor. Unless and until we figure out how to stop the juggernaut it will lead us to financial ruin or China and Russia will join forces to eliminate this threat.
It is truly the drums of war supported by the hawks who desire world domination. The money being spent could rapidly eliminate the National debt but spending has the side effect of increasing the wealth of the elite.

The advantage of age is the realization that this strategy has never worked and will eventually lead to downfall from within or from or enemies. We can also predict an arms race in the near future which we are fermenting.