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In January 2004, Chalmers Johnson wrote “America’s Empire of Bases” for TomDispatch, breaking what was, in effect, a silence around those strange edifices, some the size of small towns, scattered around the planet. He began it this way:
“As distinct from other peoples, most Americans do not recognize — or do not want to recognize — that the United States dominates