Whats the USA Future: Democracy or Empire?
by Mary How much of our national resources should be devoted to military affairs? This is a taboo question as far as the politically astute go. Democrats avoid the subject like it was a plague because they know if they even ask the question, conservatives will use this opening to question the “national security” credentials of Democrats. And Democratic strategists believe that if Democrats even raise the question, it will almost guarantee a McCain win because it just goes to show that Democrats are not committed to keeping Americans safe. So it seems fitting that the question has been raised by non-other than a one-time leader of a failing empire. Mikhail Gorbachev warns Americans that this is an essential question to ask at this point. Why? Major policy problems today cannot be solved without America – and America cannot solve them alone. Even the domestic problems of the United States are no longer purely internal. I am referring first of all to the economy. The problem of the huge U
