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U.S. ROLE IN THE WORLD by  Sean Patrick Murphy   |  on September 17th, 2013  |   0 comments Now that the U.S. has been poised to strike Syria militarily, it is helpful to consider the United States’ role in the world. The premise of this documentary is intriguing: what if the United States removed all of its troops and military hardware from the dozens of bases it has all over the world? The movie starts by showing a fictional U.S. presidential candidate recording a campaign commercial where he claims he will not only bring all the troops home but that he would slash the defense budget from $420 billion annually to half that and would, as a result, reduce the federal income tax. The documentary would have been much better if it has stayed with the engaging idea of a U.S. military-free world. What the viewer gets is a list of places where the United States has intervened since World War II. One segment deals with the United States in ...