US defense budget bringing down empire?

US defense budget bringing down empire?

With US debt skyrocketing to $13.5 trillion, the rallying cry from Washington is to cut spending. But many politicians refuse to address defense spending, thought it accounts for 58 percent of the discretionary pie, more than a trillion dollars a year all-in, or almost half of what the entire rest of the world combined spends. With the US relying on countries like China in essence to fund its wars and military bases around the world, even mainstream members of the Washington establishment are screaming that the US is bringing on its own demise as an imperial power with the excessive spending it can't afford. A reality that for all it's military spending, the US appears defenseless against

'America's failure in Iraq'

'America's failure in Iraq'


The United States second invasion of Fallujah was marred with reports that US troops used weapons with depleted uranium. 6 years later the toxicity levels are still affecting people in the area and in many cases are killing them. Michael M. O'Brien an author and former Bush administration official, believes the entire reconstruction in Iraq has been an entire sham because there was a lack of transition from American to Iraqi forces

US Military: Volunteer or Recruited Force? (Part Two)

US Military: Volunteer or Recruited Force? (Part Two)


In Part One of this military recruitment report, we showed you the various tactics, often misleading methods, being implemented to try to get young men and women to enlist. Part Two focuses on just how far some of these recruiters will go to meet their numbers, targeting younger and younger students as US forces are already stretched thin overseas. Although many parents are unaware of the fact that their kids are heavily recruited in middle school and high school, several activists, veterans, and parents are turning their outrage into action.

US Military: Volunteer or Recruited force?

US Military: Volunteer or Recruited force?


US forces like to boast that they are the best and brightest in the world, but the story of how they got there is often untold and underreported. For example, what is the real driving force behind the decision to enlist in the first place? From high tech army experience centers to professional recruiters who show up in places like schools, malls, and popular hangouts for teenagers, RT's Dina Gusovsky takes a look at recruitment tactics in the United States. Focusing on the stories of three veterans, the question is: Is the Pentagon telling these young men and women the truth about war before they go overseas, or deceiving them just so that they sign their names on the dotted line? This is Part One of the report.