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The article Empire or Not - The Quiet Debate Over U .S . Role ' is written by Thomas E . Ricks for the Washington Post . The article essentially discusses different perspectives on whether America is following `imperialism ' - forming an American empire- or whether it is simply a superpower

It starts off with noting how widely the US military operations and troops are spread all across the world such as the Persian Gulf area Middle East , Europe , East Asia and the Western Hemisphere . Thomas Donnelly , deputy executive director

of the Project for the New American Century , is a supporter of this idea . Questions about American imperialism are raised because of Bill Clinton 's military activism and also the disagreement between the Defense Secretaries and the Joint Chiefs of Staff over current or future military investment

Donnelly believes that the sooner America realizes that it is creating an empire , the better it will devise its policies . He also believes that a lot of people quietly agree with him but only use different , more positive words to describe the situation . An advocate of this idea is Andrew Bacevich , a retired Army colonel who is a professor of international relations at Boston University . He doesn 't wish for America to be imperialistic but he acknowledges the fact that it is becoming so . He also agrees with Donnelly that American can benefit if it realizes that it is becoming an empire

Although both Donnelly and Bacevich believe America to be an imperial...

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