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Of course the US shouldn't interfere with, sanction, harass or terrorize nations whose governments
it doesn't like, but US foreign policy has always been "US interests first" even when it's
illegal, unethical or to the detriment of other countries. The US has long lived by the mantra
"might makes right", which is what led to the spread of communism during the Cold War and to the
spread of islamic fascism and eventually 9/11. (It was the US under Reagan and George Bu**sh**
Sr. Who funded and effectively built the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan, later to become the Taliban and
Al Qaeda.)
The US has always opposed democracy in other countries because it prevents US corporations from
being able to act unopposed. Pro-US fascist governments will always sell out their own people for a
few dollars in the tyrants' own pockets. The only time that the US doesn't oppose democracies is
where there is rampant corruption and bribery is effective. How else could Dow Chemical have caused
the Bhopal disaster, or massive amounts of dioxins gotten into the Mexican environment and led to
hundreds (thousand?) of deformed and stillborn children? And that's without mention of the effects
of depleted uranium in Iraq and Afghanistan, which the US is using against the civilian
population.
Mindprod.com/politics/iraqdubabiespix.html
www.flybynews.com/cgi-local/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1050973784,68289,
Democracies have voices that will oppose such behaviours and make "doing business" illegally and
unethically difficult to impossible. For example, much of US policy in Central America during the
1970s and 1980s was not about "anti-communism", it was done in El Salvador and elsewhere to help
United Fruit prevent unions from forming that would have gotten fair wages. Because the El
Salvadorans are poor and not US citizens, Americans supported such activities because it put cheap
food on their tables.
United Fruit was not an isolated incident. This is exactly why the US overthrew the Iranian
democracy in 1953, to prevent Iranian President Mossadegh from selling oil to the US at world market
values instead of below-market prices that the US wanted. It is also why the US opposes Chavez in
Venezuela, because he is forcing Venezuelan oil companies to sell at world market prices and
using the extra revenue to pay for schools, medical care and build infrastructure for the benefit
of Venezuelans. The US doesn't care that Chavez is using Venezuelan natural resources for
the benefit of Venezuelans, the US just wants cheap oil.
If the US had a choice of policy where (a) US corporations made money and the other country
profited, or (b) US corporations made the same amount of money but damaged the other country's
people, environment and/or economy, the US will always choose (b). The US has never avoided a
chance to exert and demonstrate force when it could have shown restraint and neighborliness.
"Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and
throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business."
- Michael Ledeen in 1990, neo-con, pro-fascist, and conspirator in both the Iran-Contra scandal and
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Yeah, the US has centuries of guilt of manipulating Latin American governments and leaders, even
assassinating them, despite them coming to power through democracy. We should let other countries
choose their own leaders. |
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Kddan, the white house shouldn't be doing a lot of things. Some say we are being run by some extreme
bankers who are buying our powers, and PR tv scripts to put sublimanl messages in tv, etc etc.
I am very concerned about the state of the USA and Europe... |
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Despite protests from previous senior American politicans about how they had nothing to do with
suprising number of coups in these countries secret documents have been uncovered to suggest
otherwise. For example one document said that America would destroy one countries economy to make
them subserviant to American ambitions. Another showed funding of military leaders in countries so
they could manufacture their own coups. In Venzuela in 2002 it emerged that the leaders who replaced
the democratically elected president, Hugo Chavez were funded by America and approved as good puppet
leaders to allow American influence to seep through.
A leading official from the CIA, Duane Clarridge even said that some of the things these new leaders
do are criminal but as long as it secures American Security interests then these things aren't a bad
thing. These things include the massacres of thousands of people as well as torture and rape of
innocent people and activists.
These are war crimes against soverign nations and the democratic will of the people. This should
never be allowed to happen again. America needs to learn it isn't an empire no matter how much it
would like to be. |
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Actually, most of the people in those countries have lived in insanity due to people who have been
their rulers for a very long time.
Even in Mexico, the ruling parties have been almost intolerable.
America probably should have taken over the entire World when mother Russia fell.
All countries interfere. Even France interferes.
There are many people in almost every country who BEG for interference.
Being a tourist or working in a country for awhile doesn't cut it when it comes to saying "the
Salvadorians" or the "Nicaraguaians". As with every country on the face of the earth...there is no
such thing as one view of the people.
It all depends on who you talk to. There is ALWAYS support for the ruling party and there is ALWAYS
opposition.
Am I saying America is the angel of goodness? No. Does America make all kinds of mistakes in foreign
policy? Certainly.
Have the Latin American countries sucked beyond belief for a very long time? Definitely.
Has Europe interfered? Definitely.
England actually went to war with Argentina. Lol |
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