A Dove with Claws

Once upon a time, the United States was a republic.  At the turn of the 20th century, the Spanish American War gave us Cuba and the Philippines, and a taste of empire.  That taste has not gone away, as we are now a full-fledged empire, with possessions spanning the globe, and the military entanglements that go with them.  And as we all know, there are no "good" empires.

These comments are to preface an article by one of my favorite anti-Empire writers, Tom Engelhardt.  He has a great blog called tomdispatch.com, and here is what he has to say today:

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175044