DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA Call the politburo, we're in trouble

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA
Call the politburo, we're in trouble
As in the Soviet Union before its collapse, the feeding of the United States war machine at the expense of the rest of American society and the economy is now the new normal. The Barack Obama administration's military spending remains George W Bush's "war on terror" on an expansionist trajectory - and it is on the same route that led the Soviets to ruin. - Tom Engelhardt (Jun 16, '10)