From Vietnam to Afghanistan, America knew exactly what is going on. Corruption ensured both that the US Treasury was drained and no state was built in Afghanistan.
Externally, the reliance on mercenaries, the sordid deals with all kinds of unsavoury groups, the casual saturation with arms, the implication in illicit trade, make empire resemble a gangster operation that has blowback on the state it represents. Internally, empire always empowers corrupt practices, the legions of lobbyists, arms dealers, hucksters, who begin to constitute the secret sinews of the state and channel its war booties. At the heart of empire is the debasement of moral identity.
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