One of the people who wrote Laurence Vance about his new update on the empire, and the 159 states and territories where the US has troops, copied me. Aren't these smaller detachments of 100 troops or so guarding the embassies, he wanted to know, not having clicked on the link.
But why, these days, are there embassies at all, fortified imperialist-spying-corporate welfare outposts? Within the state paradigm, they and their subdisiary consulates were necessary in days of slow communications. But why now, with instant communications of every sort? Why station a thousand cheese-eating aggression monkeys in Paris, for example, not including cooks and maids and chauffeurs, at a cost of billions? Bring 'em all home, including their machine-gun toting intimidationists.
