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By Jeremy Davis at 4:52PM

Jul 6, 2010

'American Empire: Before the Fall' -- Out July 7

On Wednesday, July 7, the Campaign for Liberty will release its first book, American Empire: Before the Fall written by Bruce Fein. In the video below, Fein briefly discusses his intentions in authoring this book and his hopes for restoring the principles of the American republic.

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By Matt Cockerill at 9:49AM

Jun 7, 2010

Self-Interest and the Economics of Empire

The US empire, like all those before it, can only continue its reign with, at the very least, the implicit consent of its subjects. Serious challenges to US foreign policy would thus cease to be “off-limits” in mainstream political discourse if more Americans explicitly rejected the war machine.

The problem is that most Americans aren’t fundamentally opposed to the wars. Even as a majority of our fellow citizens disapprove of the War in Afghanistan, the withdrawal argument is usually based on cost-benefit analysis, bereft of deep moral import. The demand for a real antiwar movement and peace candidates is far and few between.

This ankle-deep opposition amounts to implicit consent to an endless war machine. While this is not acceptable, it is perhaps more understandable when one realizes how few Americans are bearing the cost of the wars. When only about 1% of Americans serve in the military, politicians can easily reduce war to a distant, romantic abstraction, even in the eyes of skeptical citizens.

Tensions between US and UK Increase

While the reckless actions of the United States government in recent years have certainly stirred up resentment at home against American policies, it would seem that the traditional "best friend" of the US may now begin to publicly display a similar level of resentment. A British House of Commons committee stated Sunday that the special relationship between the US and the UK needs to be ended, also adding that the UK no longer wishes to be seen as America's "poodle." Agence France-Press reports:

Talk of a "special relationship" between Britain and the United States should be dropped, a House of Commons committee said Sunday, adding the Iraq war carried important lessons for Anglo-US ties...
..."The UK must continue to position itself closely alongside the US but there is a need to be less deferential and more willing to say no where our interests diverge," the committee chairman, Labour's Mike Gapes,said, summing up the report.

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By Elliot Engstrom at 2:07PM

Sep 14, 2009

Empire much?

It seems that the United States, not happy with the "progress" being made in Afghanistan, will now be calling upon its economic dependents to send their troops in to help in the war effort. The US Military is now training commandos in both Georgia (the country) and Colombia in preparation for these troops' entrance into the Afghani theater.

Two interesting things to note:

1 - Both Georgia and Colombia are dependent on US foreign aid and support.

2 - Neither of these countries are bound by the restrictive NATO rules of war which restrict NATO forces from taking certain actions, and no statement has been made to the date of this posting saying that such a binding will occur.