The pentagon owns everything

[undergroundpanther]

They want to dominate the world in every way they can.


Garrisoning the globe
In 2003, Forbes magazine revealed that media mogul Ted Turner was America's top land baron - with a total of 1.8 million acres across the US. The nation's 10 largest landowners, Forbes reported, "own 10.6 million acres, or one out of every 217 acres in the country". Impressive as this total was, the Pentagon puts Turner and the entire pack of mega-landlords to shame with over 29 million acres in US landholdings. Abroad, the Pentagon's "footprint" is also that of a giant. For example, the Department of Defense controls 20% of the Japanese island of Okinawa and, according to Stars and Stripes, "owns about 25% of Guam". Mere land ownership, however, is just the tip of the iceberg.
76 nations have given the US military access to airports and airfields - in addition to who knows where else that the Pentagon forgot to acknowledge or considers inappropriate for inclusion in its list.

Even without Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the more than 20 other nations that, Arkin noted in early 2004, were "secretly or quietly providing bases and facilities", the available statistics do offer a window into a bloated organization bent on setting up franchises across the globe. According to 2005 documents, the Pentagon acknowledges 39 nations with at least one US base, stations personnel in over 140 countries around the world, and boasts a physical plant of at least 571,900 facilities, though some Pentagon figures show 587,000 "buildings and structures". Of these, 466,599 are located in the United States or its territories. In fact, the Department of Defense owns or leases more than 75% of all federal buildings in the US.

According to 2006 figures, the army controls the lion's share of DoD land (52%), with the air force coming in second (33%), the marines (8%) and the navy (7 %) bringing up the rear. The army is also tops in total number of sites (1,742) and total number of installations (1,659). But when it comes to "large installations," those whose value tops $1,584 billion, the army is trumped by the air force, which boasts 43 mega-bases compared to the army's 39. The navy and marines possess only 29 and 10, respectively. What the navy lacks in big bases of its own, however, it more than makes up for in borrowed foreign naval bases and ports - some 251 across the globe.



http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IG13Ak01.html

[Lilith Velkor]

1. The DoD has the power to destroy the planet

..., but even the mighty Pentagon is no match for the rising of the tide.