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Mark,
I read this piece yesterday at CounterPunch.
Has there ever been any doubt about the two Parties pursuit of Empire?
The only difference is between the use of "Soft" Power as opposed to "Hard!"
The Demo Think Tanks sketched out the parameters of a "new" Soft Power approach some months ago. If elected, they will essentially attempt to follow it.
The financial weakness of the Empire, its failure to achieve even a Soft Universal Empire means that its bankrupt state will further limit the direct military approach of the past.
That already had problems because the global insurgency does not lend itself to advanced technologies whose collateral damages undercut their efficiency.