The 100 Meter Empire
By Mike Hastie

By Mike Hastie
The 100 Meter Empire
The United States reminds me of a 100 meter hurdler.
The U.S. doesn’t win the race, because it knocks over
everyone of the hurdles.
Everyone of those hurdles represents countries the
U.S. has invaded.
In the end, the U.S. wins by colonizing, because that
is the nature of every Empire.
Capitalism from the barrel of a gun.
The Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming, and it
won’t be over until it’s over over there.
Or, something like that…
Mike Hastie
Army Medic Viet Nam
October 22, 2019
” Charging a man with murder in this place,
is like handing out speeding tickets at the
Indy 500.”
Apocalypse Now