And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.” Ezekiel 22:2
The American Empire is no different.
THE GREAT AMERICAN EMPIRE
With more than 1,000 military bases and
installations spanning the globe and a foreign policy that causes almost
every nation on earth to cower to its will, the United States of
America is the most powerful Empire the world has ever known. But
instead of being an Empire of benevolence and peace, the US has been at perpetual war and expansion since its creation.
Unfortunately for the imperial citizenry,
warmongering and economic progress are anathema to each other. If
economic progress leads to empire-building, sooner or later
empire-building leads to economic catastrophe and bankruptcy; said woes
are usually the upshot of foreign entanglements and unholy alliances
that lead to unsustainable expansions and wars.
However, in the absence of such imperialistic formula, the opposite usually takes place.
When World War 2 caused the irrevocable
dissolution of the Japanese and German Empires, the then emerging
American hegemon quickly shackled these defeated countries with a
trammel that paralyzed (and eliminated) their military machines which
had facilitated their expansions. The happy result was that Japan became
the economic power of Asia, and Germany that of Europe.
Today these two countries have more
robust economies than the US. Both are major centers of technological
achievements, years ahead of their American jailer.
Even China managed to surpass the US by becoming the No 1 economy in the world. That’s because China is not (yet?) building an Empire. Its focus is on profit, not war........https://biblicisminstitute.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/imperial-warmongering/
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