The American Empire is crumbling before our eyes

There's a reason the billionaire-owned "free press" works so hard to denigrate so-called alternative news sites.

Take a look at this analysis of current events in Syria from Moon of Alabama. I find that far more informative than the stuff I've been reading at The Guardian, CNN, Fox, and the rest of the reputable sources.

No, all the reputable sources seem to be aligned with the view of the Deep State wings of both the Democratic and Republican parties; that pulling US troops out of a country they were illegally occupying is a grave affront to American values.

Unfortunately, the view that America has an inalienable right to wreck other countries, whether by bombs or economic warfare, has become an inherent American value. There is a rising tide of outrage in the political establishment, duly fanned by the billionaire-owned news industry, aimed at what is portrayed as Trump's capitulation to Putin.

Ending wars is not good news for those who profit from them. You can understand why they're pissed off.

That's what America has become; the plaything of billionaires who have bought the political and media infrastructure, and who can force through policies that reflect their own priorities, while running roughshod over the interests of 99% of the population.

Point is, America is retreating because the policies that put them in Syria, and in Iraq and Afghanistan, have failed. Think that through. These policies have been failing for some time. America simply doesn't have the ability to follow through on all the imperialist adventures dreamed up by the Washington establishment.

US foreign policy has limped from failure to failure for the past fifty years. That foreign policy has been largely in the hands of the same crowd who have profited mightily from making America the world's number one weapons peddler.

Eventually, saner people will have to prevail, if this is not to end very badly for all of us. About the only place in the American political spectrum where I see any sign of sanity is on the left flank of the Democrats. You've got at least half a dozen people there who are not afraid to use the word "socialism" in public. That's not a development I ever expected to see in my lifetime.

Maybe we'll see other things we never expected to see, like foreign military bases closed, foreign entanglements (like telling other countries who their next leader will be) disavowed, universal health care, a living minimum wage, affordable housing for all...


Hey, America just might become great again!