Question

What does Stratfor suggest when they say that the United States is the Inevitable Empire? Give 5 reasons they give on why the US is the Inevitable Empire? What are your thoughts on the article? Do you agree with their assessment?

Answer 1

The United States became an empire in 1945. It is true that in the Spanish-American War, the United States intentionally took control of the Philippines and Cubs. It is also true that it began thinking of itself as an empire, but it really was not. Cuba and the Philippines were the fantasy of empire, and this illusion dissolved during World War I,the subsequent Depression.

The genuine American empire that emerged thereafter was a byproduct of other events.There was no great conspiracy . In some ways, the circumstances of its creation made it more powerful. The dynamic of world War II led to the collapse of the European Peninsula and its occupation byu the Soviets and the Americans. The same dynamic led to the occupation of Japan and its direct governance by the United States as a de factor colony, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur as viceroy.

The United States found itself with an extraordinary empire, which it also intended to abandon. This was a genuine wish and not mere propaganda. First, the United States was the first anti-imperial in principal. More important, this empire was a drain on American resources and not a source of wealth. World War II had shattered both Japan and Western Europe. The United States gained little or no economic advantage in holding on to these countries. Finally, the United States ended World War 2 largely untouched by war and as perhapes one of the few countries that profited from it. The money was to be made in the United States, noit in the empire. The troops and the jenerals wanted to go home.

Yes,We are agree with this assessement.