Excellent interview with Chalmers Johnson on Democracy Now!

[KansDem]

Chalmers Johnson, 1931-2010, on the Last Days of the American Republic

The distinguished scholar and best-selling author Chalmers Johnson has died. He passed away in California on Saturday afternoon at the age of 79. During the Cold War, he served as a consultant to the Central Intelligence Agency and was a supporter of the Vietnam War, however, later became a leading critic of U.S. militarism and imperialism. He wrote the book, "Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire" in 2000, which became a bestseller after the 9/11 attacks. He went on to complete what would become a trilogy about American empire. Today we re-air part of our last interview with Chalmers Johnson from 2007.

Democracy Now!

He says essentially that the US is in the same position today as the UK was at the close of WWII when the UK decided to pursue democracy over imperialism. The US must decide whether we want democracy instead of imperialism and militarism. We cannot have both.

We currently have over 700 military bases around the world.