10/8/21 David Vine on the Absurd Number of American Bases Around the World

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Scott talks with David Vine about a report he wrote recently for the Quincy Institute along with Patterson Deppen and Leah Bolger. The report makes the case for significantly reducing the number of American military bases abroad. Vine explains that there are currently around 750 active military bases outside of the U.S. And with far less diplomatic foreign infrastructure, America is projecting itself as a global empire that is militaristic above all. Scott and Vine also discuss some of the factors that keep these bases from closing. Discussed on the show: “Drawdown: Improving U.S. and Global Security Through Military Base Closures Abroad” (Quincy Institute) Okinawa: Cold War Island by Chalmers Johnson David Vine is a professor of Anthropology at American University and the author of Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia. He also writes for the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Guardian, among others. Follow him on Twitter @davidsvine. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Dröm; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt; Lorenzotti Coffee and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton Show.
0:12.6	I'm the Director of the Libertarian Institute,
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0:43.8	So all right, you guys.
0:46.8	Speaking of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft,
0:50.4	check out this awesome thing that they did and I'm happy to note here in conjunction with David
0:58.0	Swanson and the group at World Beyond War, importantly, and American University as well here, it says.
1:05.2	It's this giant study, this big report, drawdown improving U.S. and global security through
1:11.0	military-based closures abroad.
1:14.7	Quincy Brief, number 16 by David Vine, Patterson,
1:18.7	Deppen, and Lee Bulger.
1:21.2	And by the way Vine as you guys may remember is the author of Island of
1:30.2	Shame about America's and Britain's abuses of the people. of He also wrote, is it, Bas Nation?
1:43.0	Is that what's called David?
1:44.0	Sorry.
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