{"id":135005,"date":"2010-01-04T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T12:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/01\/04\/us-is-increasing-its-hegemony-as-the-global-war-gladiator-under-obama\/"},"modified":"2010-01-04T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T12:38:42","slug":"us-is-increasing-its-hegemony-as-the-global-war-gladiator-under-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/135005","title":{"rendered":"US Is Increasing Its Hegemony As the &#8220;Global War Gladiator&#8221; Under Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/4715079\/yw6or\/alternet~US-Is-Increasing-Its-Hegemony-As-the-quotGlobal-War-Gladiatorquot-Under-Obama\" >US Is Increasing Its Hegemony As the &quot;Global War Gladiator&quot; Under Obama                     <\/a><br \/>What to watch for in 2010 from the country that spends more on war than the next 25 combined.<Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" 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