A nation can be one or the other, a democracy or an imperialist, but it can't be both. If it sticks to imperialism, it will, like the old Roman Republic, on which so much of our system was modeled, like… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The American attempt to combine domestic democracy with such tyrannical control over foreigners is hopelessly contradictory and… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
A nation can be one or the other, a democracy or an imperialist, but it can't be both. If it sticks to imperialism, it… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
When war becomes the most profitable course of action, we can certainly expect more of it. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Although most Americans may be largely ignorant of what was, and still is, being done in their names, all are likely to pay a… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
None of the people's wars of the sixties did very well, including the one in Vietnam. Vo Nguyen Giap himself has admitted a loss… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
The demise of the American empire will be no more regretted than the demise of the Soviet empire. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
History teaches us that the capacity of things to get worse is limitless. Roman history suggests that the short, happy life of the American… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
The 'defense' budget is three quarters of a trillion dollars. Profits went up last year well over 25%. I guarantee you: when war becomes… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Lastly, there is bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic resources into ever more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the education, health, and… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Blowback is simply another way of saying that a nation reaps what it sows. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
