The Hidden Empire: An Investigation Into US Military Dominance

Over the course of the last century, the US has silently encircled the world with a web of military bases unlike any other in history. No continent is spared. They have shaped the lives of millions, yet remain a mystery to most. Featuring Gore Vidal and Noam Chomsky.
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[@aminmuhammad4695]

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[@munsunsnight]

In my country we've had US Special Forces base since 1978 called Playa Grande (Long Beach), placed by the Jimmy Carter office, it's purpose was to train and provide military advice to the army against the Guerrilla Army. It was closed in 1996 after the peace sign, re-opened in 2009 now belonging to the US Marines and got re-purposed to provide training and advice against the drug cartels and the narco-wars. Great Documentary thank you for uploading it. Cheers from Guatemala!

[@F4FQz]

When I play Civilization, i always end up securing resources, hindering enemy movement and spying on my friends and enemies whilst pushing technology.

[@misty671]

Haha. Playing civilization can teach us a lot about geopolitical and economics. I wish there were more games like civ rather than so many shooter games.

[@MASB29]

Yep, me too. This reminds me that the policy makers are not so different from me, I will make the same policy if I were in their position

[@Keithlfpieterse]

Empires Rise...and Empires Fall - History in a nutshell.

[@publicdomain3378]

Does that mean it's Chinas turn?

[@texasray5237]

Empires rise from evil men. Tis God who knocks them down again They may seem great but after all The biggest have the hardest fall

[@Keithlfpieterse]

@Oliverios : And the British Empire in recent times.......

[@anisnabe-qwe8835]

HUMANS please become Humane again--please show somebody a smile today

[@anisnabe-qwe8835]

@Nuggets rome is satanic --did not want to release hold (taxes) on people. america, london, vatican (spain, france & germany) = Rome=MONEY

[@temporarygentleman4434]

America please understand the only enemy you have is your own greed...........great piece of journalism.

[@temporarygentleman4434]

@Mister Brookes ? could you please respond in english i dont speak gibberish. thanks .

[@danki2000daniel]

Working class and poor folks are the ones going to die in these wars !

[@robertsmeagles1030]

That may be true but bear in mind that we have a 100% volunteer army. There are plenty of careers to pick that offer benefits and tuition reimbursement(as opposed to G.I. Bill) other than the military. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they went so others don't have to. Politicians WOULD bring back the draft if we all refused to sign up. We would have to pull a France 1789-99 on them at that point.

[@danki2000daniel]

@@williamvaughn2237 yeah, of natural causes, not 5000 miles away from home , by some foreigner I've never met, and don't even know why we're fighting each other .

[@WolfgangVonKempelen838]

And still defend those bandits who send them to their deaths

[@TheUntubed]

Daniel Harvey IV AI is going to change the world work force. Look at Saginaw Michigan. Empty.

[@JimBob-oy9bs]

@J P leave

[@RangaNayanajithSilva]

excellent work.After long time watched something interesting.Thank you.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Excellent Documentary, Subscribed.

[@allrightjack]

The scary thing is caling this a conspiracy

[@girlinthesouth850]

Right!!!

[@nancymedlin8682]

The NWO future goal against liberty the republic and constitutional rights for Americans and no National sovereignty for other countries as well. It's not going to be good. But they want it to be wanted as a solution to chaos ...so they're hoping for chaos or they will try invent one like climate change then NWO will become their solution. ""Order out of chaos " then on to total control of the planet and pop. by reducing us..6billion or more. Agenda21 Rothschild stuff , Bush's ,and Obama, and Clinton's..and alot of left wing political leaders, and the UN..along with many elites. That's why conspiracy cause putting so many bases everywhere when not needed nor wanted by the people who are displaced and not considered...no rights..And America is supposed to defend such rights.. heroes no more.🖤

[@Paccekabuddha]

Conspiracy is not the same as conspiracy theory

[@geraldking4080]

NONE DARE CALL IT CONSPIRACY

[@johnjacob442]

@Delphinium Flower were is the proof that mossad was involved? I would believe Britian or another country but when I hear you say that I think welp just another hater of the Jewish people so I'd half to know what proof you have that mossad was involved

[@avkk2314]

Seeing those kids just broke my heart.

[@ColinVanderheide]

That was a real eye opener ....

[@scroticle]

Very well put Keith

[@johnlee2540]

Study human history , for 4000 , 2000 , 200 years , it's always metal to metal

[@jonneroneill5439]

I know winter is close but in must be really cold out... today I saw a politician with his hands in his own pocket... 😁

[@BobWilliamsProject]

lol

[@nancymedlin8682]

Funny and so cool..a polite yet politically correct joke.👏👍😏

[@dennisadmiraal3415]

too funny brother!

[@nathansmith3681]

It was so cold out this morning, I saw a socialist with his hands in his own pockets.

[@greenleaf1635]

@@nathansmith3681 You must be suffering from cognitive deficiencies. Such a lack of creativity.

[@dangeejr]

I think more people need to watch this

[@scroticle]

Very well put

[@jdelaguardia09]

Military protects the corporations, not the populace.

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

That's right

[@DoubleD72]

Military protects EVERYONE. You can hate it all you like but you and these half wits in this Documentary haven't the slightest clue what the world would look like today if the US wasn't everywhere. there will ALWAYS be war and there will ALWAYS casualties. You live in your own little world where you think in this day in age there should be peace. while I agree with you we should have peace but others even outside the US want POWER. there will ALWAYS be people who want power. there are smart people out there who are very thankful for the US. then there are ignorant people who can't see past their own stink. hate it all you want but it changes nothing. there will ALWAYS be things you and the populace doesn't know or will never understand.

[@DoubleD72]

@Super Troll 617 People always get triggered when someone speaks the truth. it ruins their Anti-American agenda. lol

[@DoubleD72]

@Super Troll 617 Actually I don't play call of duty or any video games for that matter. I speak like this because my eyes and ears are wide open. I read, I watch and I listen. something more people should do more often.

[@3hundredyearsago296]

@@Sleetjuh as an American I'm sorry you don't like USA but what most people around the world don't realize is allot of Americans dont support the ideas and actions carried out by our government and military. Our government doesn't represent the will of the people. It represents the will of corporations and elites. Corruption is rampant and our military are basically mercenaries at the will of the highest bidders. I appreciate the need for a military but when the leaders who control that military are bribed at every turn then it is no longer representative. You want someone to blame? Blame the elites like the Rothschild and Rockefellers and other elite families who actually control the world and it's militaries from behind the curtains, not the American people.

[@randyrysdale852]

we look at a region in relative peace, but we're looking for a potential conflict- hillary clinton

[@jcottrill1691]

Hillary should be in Leavenworth

[@MrTwotimess]

Hillary Clinton - Queen of Regime Changes. Look at the mess they made in the Middle East which flowed over into Europe. Build more weapons, trade them for expensive oil and ignore the fact that America can be oil independent with its own reserves. No need to go and die in someone else's desert. Lining their own pockets.

[@timgreen2426]

@@MrTwotimess its so much bigger than oil..its about world domination...we are a standing army of the world, just waiting for take over. We are strategically located to be the one world army. To serve the one world government.

[@derealovesurvival7549]

Thanks ATB

[@khaalidgabiley9775]

Real Stories Thanks

[@skivali]

Well-made, informative and indeed thought-provoking. I must say that the overwhelming feeling coming out of it is one of appreciation of the freedom to question power and to be this critical of authority.

[@takemygungetsomecopper7619]

I just don't like people who act like victims its a dog eat dog world its their fault that they where weak

[@timgreen2426]

@@takemygungetsomecopper7619 so whomever is the most lying, corrupt, manipulative evil rules...gotcha.

[@claretaylor7233]

We don't really have that power though do we? yes we can air discontent but that's about it. iIs all for show. Governments are unaccountable no matter who they are. So many amendments to laws ect while they distract us with other things you cant say anywhere is a proper democracy.

[@theoroth3669]

true comment. thank you

[@pecekum]

i lived around 60 km from bondsteel and i m telling you thats heroin dispatch center for europe

[@miltononyango]

amazing doc

[@SongbirdGLS]

"Advancing our interests"...says it all!

[@huskey8859]

If you look really closely there is a documentary between all those ads.....happy hunting.

[@calebpalmer9317]

"WW2 never really ended. It just changed venue"- Jesus

[@6idangle]

Just waiting for Saudi Arabia to drop a base in georgia and see how much people like it.

[@jahbrodie0357]

we have trooos in Saudi.and Trump made sure that Saudi is paying them...real talk homie..try again....and oh yea..Saudi troops are getting trained as we speak at Fort Benning as well as Egyptian..All African nations with Armys Officers...Syrians...Afghans..etc...they are all here right now all year

[@thechugger6075]

@@jahbrodie0357 ive seen Saudi officers in the US also at a military base

[@jahbrodie0357]

@@ike9854 #BigFacts

[@discernment7471]

@@jahbrodie0357 so are Chinese soldiers. This is because the US military is the military of the globalist oligarchy bankers who own the corporation called the US.

[@jahbrodie0357]

@@discernment7471 #BigFacts

[@traviscopeland8903]

And veterans can’t even get decent health care 🤔 ....shameful

[@Tbone1492]

My Healthcare is perfectly fine.... USSA covers my Home my Kids my Cars life insurance loans if I need.. First dibs on any Top paying Jobs around the World! Best it's ever been

[@vladimirm9521]

I've always wondered that. I know military people get alot of benefits but are those homeless people just bs ing about being a veteran??

[@paulmccarter908]

They got suckered just like we did. 'Support the troops' is just code for acquiesce to empire

[@Wildboy789789]

@@vladimirm9521 they usually are veterans, the homeless ones are just drug addicts

[@fatherof4kids]

Many times you cannot see disabilities. It is easy to judge things you do not understand especially when your young and healthy. Don't assume someone is not disabled just because you cannot see their disability.

[@memyselfimemyselfi4788]

Imagine if they reduced the budget to 1/3 . We could fix our infrastructure, house the the homeless or pay down the deficit. Nawww let's keep it the way it is in fact more money is needed.

[@phoneone1371]

True we outspend all other countrys by a lot were 800 billion next closest is China at 100 billion,i was thinking free college thats only 65 million a year or health care .

[@bladesamah]

@@phoneone1371 how much does stuff cost in china compared to america? i think you will find when you compare the differences, china gets a lot more with what they spend than america gets with what they spend... also, if you think it is wise to downgrade your military, china etc wont... what you think will happen when another power becomes even greater than the usa??/ that would be the most STUPID thing that anyone could allow to happen...

[@yourlifeisyourfault.4212]

@@bladesamah the worst thing you could do is take Americans guns away...

[@bladesamah]

@oneviwatara under democrats socialist policies you will go bankrupt.... but really, all i have to do to destroy your comment is point out that if you didnt have the money, you would most likely already be bankrupt....that is far from reality

[@themarbleking]

America is the most corrupt country/regime in human history...

[@MrAli171]

American foreign policy after WW2 has caused so much misery over the years

[@JCMills55]

Oh really? And what third world shithole are you from?

[@georgeevangel4292]

@@JCMills55 Patton was right He wanted to fight the Soviets even if it meant joining up with the NAZIs

[@peter12246]

John Mills what rock have you been sleeping under? www.transcend.org/tms/2018/03/u-s-regime-has-killed-20-30-million-people-since-world-war-ii/ And don't throw stones when you live in a glass house bud, what other western country has the extreme violence of the US? Massacre after massacre. Stay in your basement and keep playing video games

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

@@JCMills55 Your arrogance is staggering.

[@travelleryu]

@@JCMills55 Just APOLOGIZE for ur war crimes

[@nonamenoname2618]

I am a Bulgarian and the military base here got open a few years ago. The Bulgarian government also has a deal about a Russian pipeline running through Bulgaria, which America is constantly opposing. Coincidence?

[@jessiejames2155]

I grew up on a Military base, Camp Pendleton. I wish I could go back now. It was nice there, really nice ! ....

[@Nomnomnomiana]

As we become more interconnected globally, we become more estranged and distant at an intamate level with others...What a shame to see our earth be laid to waste in the midst of this incredible age of knowledge and sentience.

[@veriteinternational]

Wise, prescient commentary on the shitstorm served up by our so called Leaders

[@johnstraubel3516]

What a fine example of the Golden Rule

[@coshyno]

sad they have to say in the title that this is a conspiracy when it is truth. It would probably get deleted if it wasn't there.

[@Reykool1]

To escape the Google Gestapo Censure...

[@jojoadeyemi8239]

I was gonna say the same thing. It is sad.

[@mscapeh4451]

Yet its no conspiracy they just censor truth and call it fake news when its them who lies and attack whistleblowers.

[@laius6047]

It's either because of Google algorithm so it won't get flagged, or to get more views. It works anyway. Whoever thinks this is conspiracy is not able of critical thinking and it's fine. But whoever sees this and it's new info to them then it's a win situation

[@okSiri..]

Very good facts documentary

[@kinglicks3747]

We all know what happens to empires eventually!

[@user-mt9tn1ni4g]

Yep and we've only been around for a couple of hundred years..

[@arcaneiconoclast319]

Yes they rule forever

[@richgiggle99]

Every nation that has enslaved the Israelites have fell. America is about to fall. It wont be the end of the world tho, but the end of Esau's world and Jacob will rule again

[@TheDukens90]

They all come and go

[@DoubleD72]

@@TheDukens90 Not the US. at least not for a long time. there isn't a single military that is capable of fighting a war outside their own continent. the US is the only one large enough to do so. and Majority of the other countries Side with, Agree with and Trust the US. regardless of the casualties of war the US is mostly sane and everything they do is ultimately for the better. You can paint whatever picture you like but you can't change the real truth.

[@JPHWLN]

When a Englishmen calls the US an empire you know something’s up

[@loveofkemetify]

😆😆 quality

[@utkarshg.bharti9714]

Birds of a feather often flock together. There's a reason why the 5 Eyes remains the biggest trans-national international intelligence agreement; incidentally populated and managed by countries with an Anglo-Saxon background. EU was always just a ruse; it was a front created to ensure that European powers are always kept under American check. WW2 was a big scare and a wake up call for the Americans who continue to view the Germans and Japanese with suspicion even today, behind all that facade of alliances and free trade.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

@@utkarshg.bharti9714 - Wrong. Britain has always ruled the USA and still does. The Rothschild family owns the largest single percentage of the Federal Reserve System, and their allies (Zionist International Central Bankers) of the Western world run the show. That's why they built all the institutions in their ruling order (U.N., EU, ECB, IMF, World Bank, BIS, etc. etc. etc. If you look at history. England got us into both WWI, and WWII (and the Middle East also). We were also Britain's defender and ally and supplier in all these wars (even after Congressional Resolutions/Declarations of Neutrality and that we wanted no involvement or foreign entanglements). We even had political/ public referendums which voted against involvement in any wars.

[@aking-plums6985]

@SkylineToTheSeaAndMe Could you enlightened us how England got your country involved in both WW I & WW II and the Middle East please.

[@aking-plums6985]

@Teddy Quake, you may need to edit your comment as it doesn't make sense.

[@CommandPostGaming]

"Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to liberty." -George Washington "The means of defense against a foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." -James Madison

[@frankmigliore9240]

To some people you can’t hold these beliefs and love your country at the same time....

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

Interesting.

[@robertsmeagles1030]

Agreed but how can we define overgrown at this time. Online...but if the war pops off I don't want lose any of our country and it's people

[@stephengrenfell1732]

The irony is incredible

[@texasray5237]

There aren't many videos with this much truth.

[@g.w.7893]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@shanetonkin2850]

Whoa... deep man

[@johnanderson2320]

We learn from the best.👉🇬🇧... the apple never falls far from the tree.

[@timgreen2426]

We are London’s attack dog. At her beck and call..

[@imurhuckleberry1762]

Here's an idea Okinawa, if you dont wanna lose your land dont attack a nation mightier than you. You attacked us and lost, deal with it. Admiral Yamamoto tried to warn you.

[@lius20608]

Is that what your government told you it happened?.eather wey very cruel and inhumane dropping 2 nuclear bombs on whole city's full of people that didn't have nothing to do with what was goin on,only to scare Russia and the world.nice thinking do.sound like a ingnorante cruel person...if you don't like nananana.f of

[@rajatdani619]

The BGM at the starting is OP.✌️

[@darkenergydoctor9314]

How come cnn doesn’t let me know about this. I thought we were there to protect people and spread sunshine and rainbows 🌈.

[@TheMajorActual]

All these mouth-breathers, completely missing one of the fundamental points of history -- you can bring a person to a library, but you can't make them think.

[@raymondfrye5017]

Clear thinking? Only from a Humanities post-doc.

[@bryancenterfitt7127]

I have noticed that this Documentary is a bit narrow in some of the information that it talks about. One thing was about Osama. We funneled cash and weapons to him and his faction when they were fighting the Russia's. Having HRC on here, definitely calls into question this Documentary!

[@jhmoonbay]

It's basically anti US propaganda.

[@pilotactor777]

@@jhmoonbay all irrefutable facts. All of it.

[@clydelovett1029]

Smart.

[@basedaf5580]

wow

[@richardhickman6350]

Freedom is a construct or an illusion . Just like Mungo said (Blazing Saddles) “Mungo just a Pawn in the game of Life” , so are we.

[@headpump]

Misery, greed, corruption. All through history, all over the world, by everyone. It's in our genes.

[@Somberdemure]

Wrong. It's taught. Not inherited🤓

[@freedomrings5270]

I was part of the Standing Army...1985 in Germany during the Chernobyl Disaster which was caused by a nuclear accident that occurred on Saturday 26 April 1986 but the Standing Army started before my time. We always had to be Combat Ready while being exposed to the Chernobyl in the air ! Not to forget the toxic exposure at Fort McClellan prior to less than one month before flying to Germany; Sept 1985. Trained in combat readiness, terroristic threats, foreign language, NBC and other war skills. What many don't see is all the work behind the scenes... Not just for the military but for that country.

[@amandawallace891]

Military budget keeps growing cause its absolutely needed!!

[@StaatsAttackk]

Sad thing about these comments are, those 250000 troops stationed where they are allow u all to freely post your opinion about the topic.

[@pyrat3538]

what a rubbish

[@JML6988]

I wish the video would have discussed the number of instances where the gov't of a particular country ordered our military to leave, yet we refused even though SOFA or other treaties obligated us to leave when requested. I'm talking about straight up that gov't legitimately ordered us out and we illegitimately refused.

[@wetdog6696]

Yeah they gloss over that our protection is wanted

[@UriahGiles]

Oh you're absolutely right! I mean what right do we have to be on Japanese soil? We should immediately pack up and leave because how does the saying go? "To the victor, the spoils DON'T go." Right? And while we are putting our tail between our legs and packing up, we should ask them what else we can give them to make up for all of the years we inconvenienced them after they attacked us as part of their plan to add our lands to their "Empire of the Rising Sun". While we are at it why don't we apologize for all of the US civilians that they imprisoned and killed in POW camps, and for all of the American soldiers they killed in the Bataan Death March. I mean, we are such imperial aggressors. And since when are there consequences for actions anyways? Oh and speaking of consequences, have you ever wondered how the Japanese auto industry got started? ' You haven't you say? Well let me tell you... We rebuilt that country's industry and then added that much again to it after the war. Our government probably gave the Japanese more money and equipment in today's money than they gave us during the covid pandemic. You're right, we should stop being so selfish.

[@dewetmaartens359]

An empire can only be in one of two states, it is either expanding or contracting. So which do you prefer?

[@peaceonearth5229]

No money to fix the infrastructures, but plenty for military, let young men work for the economy, not unnecessary war.

[@coolworx]

"The movies are free..." Given that drek, I would HOPE so.

[@mutantfuturelabyrinthlord5701]

Noah doesn't like anything his tribe can't earn a shekel off ...

[@mmatthews61687]

Semi Pro is hilarious

[@enochgagne339]

For a current real prospective ask the Kurdish people who sacrificed their lives for us in Northern Syria right now

[@enochgagne339]

excuse my spelling error perspective not prospective

[@jodanasykes9527]

Enoch Gagne I cant believe how dirty we did the Kurds. I’m ashamed

[@enochgagne339]

@Finn MacCool Thanks for quoting Trump instead of thinking for yourself and researching history. So then why did we ask for their help & promise them safety for the thousands of lives they sacrificed? Not only under Trump but other Presidents in the past. And if we aren't in the business of protecting allies for 50 plus years then why do we promise this to Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, etc. who have not sacrificed anywhere near the lives the Kurds have for American agenda's???

[@charlesbrouwer1614]

Turkey isn’t attacking the Kurds they’re securing their border via getting rid of PPK terrorist cells, know what you’re talking about before you start spewing bullshit

[@enochgagne339]

@Den M Of course and before people attack you because of a simple typo You meant Struck not stuck. Anyone with a brain knows what you meant but Believe me when people know they are wrong they will attack you for anything. That's what Trump does. Thanks Den

[@pieluvr7362]

Sir thanks for service Vietnam Marine Vet had uncle go in 67 worked on phantom jets also Marine in Vietnam

[@DanShrigley]

37:10 the LTC said the base is temporary and they can easily pack things up and tear them down. The military never packs things up or tears down what they build, they abandon it and leave it for what comes next to deal with because removal would cost as much money as buying or building new again elsewhere and also take up logistics and supplies not to mention time.

[@lightspeed388]

38:03...Good God, I needed my cringe suit!!

[@Mr--_--M]

I understand why we need these bases worldwide(making sure the wars remain small ones cuz let's be real...people are always gonna wanna kill each other). But we gotta be more humane towards the people of the host countries and not bully them then demand a "thank you" for the protection. That itself will create even more future enemies.

[@davidzornes6863]

love it...............Or leave it !

[@erikbynum1]

So the daycare that’s 300 yards from the base was there before the base? Or was it constructed at the end of the runway?

[@camrenwick]

The British and other nations are continually reducing their military, but the USA just keep expanding. Maybe in the future we will all have to live under military law, even though there is no real threat.

[@sharleengarach5141]

I’m sure 99% of America don’t even know about this filthy history

[@donfredette533]

I'm sure there has been colateral damage that has happend..but not intentional harm..

[@yoelkeflay7693]

@@donfredette533 No, it is very intentional. And countries that don't bow to America are targeted through Economic and propaganda war. My country and people were a victim of america's terrorism. It is sad that most Americans are not aware of the crimes against humanity that their government had committed and is still committing around the world.

[@donfredette533]

@@yoelkeflay7693 what country and what people are you speaking of...please explain

[@richardhampton4915]

This makes United States sound like a terrorist country when in actuality these countries economics depend on the military bases there for their survival and not A1 Soldier or a military person has committed an act of terrorism like we've seen or no on our own Shores by actual terrorists so fu you socialists communist social justice Warriors go back to your own country if you don't like it here he is sucking the cowdry here who's ever heard of killing the goose that lays the golden egg

[@garym3695]

@@richardhampton4915 the US is responsible for over 200,000 CIVILIAN deaths since 9/11. Make sure to get all of that sand out of your ears when you finally manage to pull your head out of the sand.

[@AP-57]

That's me. An unofficial Empire.

[@sirluke7]

Looks like this was made in about 2010... So we've come this far... might as well have a follow up after 9 years.

[@chriskellison3468]

This will be the way of our world until it isn’t. You can’t fight city hall. Like all empires in history will attest nothing last forever. We shall see time never lies.🧐

[@chriskellison3468]

Delphinium Flower tower 7 friend, your singin to the choir. 👍🍺

[@DixieSchizo]

We will be destroyed from the inside soon

[@tomzeman5964]

Woe to the moneychangers & warmongers for they shall know the wrath of God

[@DoubleD72]

God doesn't exist. Life is proof of that. with ALL the horrible things in this world not 1 single event has GOD come to help. Not 1. it is a story to help old people before they die and to help drug addicts defeat their problems. there is far more to the big picture then your tiny little brain is able to understand. this world would be a completely different world if it wasn't for the US military. from day one there has been war. and it will be that way till the end of time. it is in the human nature to have war. like it or not it is what it is. and NOBODY is going to change that.

[@dogan6070]

@@DoubleD72 you confused. I feel bad for you.

[@1sam-ef]

Base Power...

[@lamchopz9310]

Welcome to "the list" everybody 😉

[@rollyherrera623]

Absolutely, One of the best Documentaries Ever! As I saw it; I thought about the returning soldiers entering Police Departments across the Country in the U.S. I further reflected on how; We allow the weapons to return as well. Police Departments do not need Weapons of WAR, or vehicles with .50 automatic rifles mounted on them..For these Soldiers; PLEASE do NOT become a cop! ...You arent in Helmand Province anymore! .We are already occupied by our own forces...Just a parralel to this story, as we downwind our military complex from War; We have seen a rise of Police "Use of force" incidents, that now Plaque the United States...Think about it. My fears; National Guards..

[@DoubleD72]

You are as ignorant as it gets. lol

[@freedomrings5270]

Many of our MPs become LEOs in the US and happy to be home. There are two things never gets explained in this video. Yes, the troops can get row.dy at times to rid the boredom but no one absolutely no accepts attacks against the nationals of that country. We have a military prison full of those who committed crimes while in other countries. I know being a disabled vet, over Staff Development but also touring my ppl thru that prison as well as the Federal prisons. Negotiations were made long ago by that country's leadership long before those troops arrived. Some of the troops are very young and learning the ropes on their journey but some fall into the wrong crowd who do taunt and dare them. Know all too well as well. What the ppl of that country doesn't see is the long days worked by the soldiers nor do they care. The military gives out harder discipline than that country could ever do to them...again they don't see that it is called the UCMJ; Uniform Code of Military Justice. No military member is to cause an international crisis or incident and it will be dealt with by the military. Even here in the US if a military member is caught with drugs, I do know at the bases I worked at, they are stripped of their rank, have them clear the premises then face the consequences. It is a Federal, Military operations that every soldier who walks the face of this earth has to answer to since they took that Oath as a soldier. In every country, the military has a brig....on ships has a brig...in the US many brigs and prison barracks. As for the rise in the Use of Force with the LEOs, they are given show and use of forces guidelines. Some incidents are provoked if an LEO gets hurt or anyone elseis harmed then arrest have to be made; lest the media only shows you what they want you to see. Sometimes you need to keep an open mind and eventually, you will get the whole truth not just what the media wants you to believe. It has always been like that in the headlines. I just hope we are smarter ppl in our communities, country and other countries that know this difference. I do agree there have been those not suited for the job from local, state and federal entities but that doesn't give anyone the right to say Police; as literally using all LEOs accountable for others actions. That isn't the real world nor is it reality. Many LEOs have been killed due to these rioting and looting protest. No one ever talks about them or really says prayers for their families. Those who are truly in the wrong will be dealt with thru the US Courts; no one else is the judge and jury except for GOD.

[@camrenwick]

Just think for a moment. Imagine all that money being used to help the world and people. Nobody wants war. By talking and helping each other would be the best way to keep peace. The USA spends more on military than the other top three counties military combined. They are addicted to weapons and war.

[@shawn4900]

You understand the USA militarization dominance and destabilization efforts are all by design right? This military is controlled and directed by globalist groups and agendas to insert capitalist economies and debased interest based fiat currency all over the world which is devoid of the cancerous democracy. Just a thought, murder incorporated is a fruitful business. Many benefits and opportunities to participate in incessant war crimes according to the Geneva convention agreements and sell the body parts of women and children on the open market. Huge $$$ signs This world is vicious and insidious, wake up

[@theaubad1006]

Cameron you are a socialist marxist. Just a fact. Move to Russia.

[@DoubleD72]

You people have serious issues. You people haven't the slightest clue what this world would look like today if it wasn't for the US. You believe every single propaganda documentary you see? I bet you think the earth is flat too? or unicorns are real? Imagine had Hitler won his war? take off your tin foil hat and go outside and get some air ffs.

[@theaubad1006]

Double D hi. i truly appreciate you bro. Its good to know theres people like you out there. True Americans.

[@nasdan5000]

@@DoubleD72 I completely agree with you

[@fireofdestruction6804]

the beast said COMPLY OR DIE have a nice.daaaaaay

[@stanislavsmetanin1307]

Little correction to all saying from cia analyst: Not a search of the enemy, but a creation of an enemy by 1. Grabbing the resources. 2. Dictate of your will. 3. Spread of predatory capitalism.

[@miguelwiesner3988]

thats true to a certain point

[@bo4bo498]

I wish that I had that money

[@alagiejobarteh3895]

America should stop to have involved in other countries affairs

[@David-wc8ze]

I like the bases.

[@tobyihli9470]

Some of these people spend too much time wondering around in their thoughts.They conjure up motives, as if there were a person, one person, who has many motives for the things we do as a country. As a country, we must set policies and then go about implementing those policies. Some tasks we take.on, take years to come to fruition. The actual motive may not be obvious on the surface. Once a decision is made, people aren’t constantly rehashing the motives for what we do. They just stay busy doing it. I believe the reason for the procurement of military basis are made out of specific strategies, and once those decisions are made, there’s too much to do than to stand around second guessing all the time. I do not believe that land for bases is taken to quench a thirst by the US for land. We never use this land for general commerce, strictly using it for military purposes.

[@osanebiuche7476]

So what are you insinuating??

[@GrigorisDeoudis]

War is an external manifestation of a mind that is in conflict with itself. Each one that gives his consent either directly or indirectly is responsible for the continuation of war in this world of human beings. War begins in the human mind, after it was carefully developed and distorted in the schools were tools are being created, tools that are going to be used such in the waging of war. A human mind that is unable to recognize their reflection in another human being, and vice versa, carries the diseased state within, the diseased state of division, separation and thus that human being will blindly go to work in a factory that produces weapons. Who is waging the war then, without workers producing weapons? It is a safe excuse to claim that we are against the war and the governmental authorities that are waging war. *The war starts at the arms factory where workers work.* It is also a safe excuse for these people to hide themselves behind the "need" for work, thus giving their consent to the beginning of the war. And the executioners were a profession once. Is there a difference? Every war is waged by the workers, not because they know what they are doing, but because they are blind and dowdy-minded in what the boss and every boss will command. The lack of education creates submissive subhumans who do not have a place to exist among us because they are the first to pick up the gun to kill the brother and sister, the father and the mother in a neighboring state, in the neighbors' home, in the next room ~

[@mikedonnarumma5337]

i believe psychopathic narcissists are at the head of all dysfunction pushing and prodding to suit their own selfish supply, unquestionably shown by history to be male dominated,

[@terrandroid]

There is a system in wars

[@volvo1354]

Uncle Sam protects all the opium crops in Afghanistan, and there is a opiate epidemic with all the cheap heroin 🤔

[@steevedaw566]

All that money and pwer,and they couldn't wipe out the poppy fields or the coca crops in Columbia! Hmmmmmmm?

[@bremnersghost948]

@@steevedaw566 Indeed, Cocaine and Heroin fund the "Black Budget"

[@billbradleymusic]

@@steevedaw566 yeah, they use the coca to make pain killers, Dumbo.

[@billychel9449]

That’s false man. When I was there if you tried to mess with the farmers opium or marijuana they would try to kill you over it. Reason being, for them it is worth much more than growing normal crops. We are involved in that area of the country because the taliban base themselves there to use the revenue from the drugs to fund their operations.

[@TarmanTheChampion]

@@billbradleymusic only thing pharmaceutical cocaine is used for is to numb the eye before surgery. Still to this day its the most effective & efficient way.

[@funnyvidstoday101]

also remember these so called US military bases are shared with other countries not just the US

[@thelogfather3587]

cp canadian stop saying that, conspiracy nut cases might get angry

[@paulmccarter908]

12 commercial breaks? Are you sure this is is how to get people watching this important message?

[@geraldboykin6159]

AXIOM: CONQUER & DIVIDE

[@MelloKingMal05]

Man this is depressing to see.. most people here have no idea this stuff even happens or has happened..

[@dropdeadinc.customtattoo2537]

Having a military presence around the world is the greatest threat to democracy around the world

[@Andrei-ld3gw]

Thanks for the ads

[@goldenaxechuck3515]

America would have troops in Russia and China if they could.

[@markttabor7812]

Canada would take over the world,,.... If ... They would if they could.

[@goldenaxechuck3515]

@NUGNESS123 No. Russia and China would just take the whole of America if they could and not just colonize, exploit and destabilize under false pretenses like America does in so many countries around the world.

[@funDAYsmiling]

I’m a British/Canadian American, and prefer an American or British empire over hmmm, a NIGERIAN EMPIRE or Chechen Empire however, I agree that our SPENDING is ABSURD!!!!!!!

[@plipogamez3173]

Please explain your perspective of the Nigerian emipre yo mentioned. Do you believe the ever expanding American empire might come into conflict with other countries, as a result of America interfering with those countries' territories?

[@bw4500]

I think he means that if there must be a stable world order with one superpower at the top let it be them. Rather than China or Russia or rather than a jumbled disorder of vying nations. If China or Russia had the biggest military empire and the most power it'd be worse for all the neutrals.

[@plipogamez3173]

@@bw4500 Please explain your reasoning behind your belief of China and/or Russia having the biggest military - it would be worst for neutrals.

[@bw4500]

@@plipogamez3173 - I'm suggesting a possible explanation for Monsieur P's comment, not advancing an opinion myself. The US is at least bound to some degree by notions of human rights. Their populace will outcry over abuses like gitmo, patriot act, etc. China has several million Uighurs in camps worse than gitmo & an all encompassing AI surveillance system and noone says anything. They are not hamstrung by any lofty ideals. Likewise Russia just kills political opponents without trying to hide it. They are openly gangsters. The US at least tries to appear as a force for good.

[@plipogamez3173]

@@bw4500 Your comment makes me chuckle. It would appear you have a curious interpretation of U.S. geopolitics. I do not see China or Russia as worst than the U.S. I see them as far better in many ways, where international relations are concerned. Not because of their ideals, but due their similar policies, of trying not to interfere in other countries' business. The U.S. has lofty ideals, but they are merely that - ideals, nothing more. If the U.S. lived up to the tenets of the constitution, and practiced such principles aboard, whenever possible - I would be a most vociferous cheerleader of 'the American way'. But alas, they are the biggest organised gangsters on the planet. Please, do not lend much weight to my opinion, check out the reflections of one of the most highly decorated U.S. soldiers - Major General Smedley Darlington Butler.

[@markross2124]

Also it is actually criminal the way the military veterans of these conflicts are treated by governmental agencies from the politicians responsible for these wars and the vague reasons for them.

[@notebook2876]

Some of you might see or as this but some of us are glad to have American presence. They keep countries like China invading Hong Kong. That is the only reason China had not just came in with tanks demanding everything

[@ryanr.3925]

3:41 is this guy an alien ?

[@alexcarter8807]

I'm going to guess this is from around 2010.

[@JesusMoneyChrist]

nah mate. making a good documentary takes about a week max.

[@tarico4436]

Gore Vidal died in 2012. If that helps.

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

@@tarico4436 sad to here that.... how old!???

[@Ronel77777]

What a sad story.

[@jayhays527]

What will they come up with next?

[@zimmer1166]

its all bout the money folks

[@tubetorius]

Seems like a matter of time when a threat can't be found when America will become overtly offensive.

[@bigpappahemi4263]

If you really think about it we already have! When the news tells you such and such a group is bad do you always believe it? Maybe they aren't bad but the populace needs to be made to think that so that war is justified. There is enough money to grease all the palms of those that are willing to participate in war but none for those that resist war and seek to do something creative and useful.

[@kothar6159]

Oda was onto something ^^

[@wsilver58]

Zoltan knows all tells all!