Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk US/Foreign policy 0 11414 233638 203180 2022-01-03T20:06:05Z Robin 120 link wikitext text/x-wiki {{concept |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States |image=us-foreign-policy-flow-chart.gif |image_width=390px |constitutes=Foreign policy |historycommons=http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=us_international_relations&us_international_relations_general=us_international_relations_us_foreign_policy |key_properties=Description |key_property_headers=Description }} '''United States Foreign policy''' is, so goes its [[official narrative]], an aggressive promoter of [[freedom]] and [[democracy]]. [[James A. Lucas]], estimated in 2015 that the US had killed perhaps 20-30 million foreigners since [[1945]].<ref>https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051</ref> {{SMWQ |date=20 December 2018 |authors=Craig Murray |text=The [[US]]/[[Saudi]]/[[Israeli]] alliance against [[Iran]] is the most important geo-political factor in the region today. It is high time this alliance stopped both [[funding ISIS]] and pretending to fight it; [[schizophrenia]] is not a [[foreign policy]] stance. |subjects=US/Foreign policy, Saudi Arabia/Foreign policy, Israel/Foreign policy, ISIS, Terrorism/Funding, ISIS/Funding, schizophrenia, Middle East }} ==Official narrative== The US is a force for good in the world. Attacks on foreign countries are well understood as "[[humanitarian intervention]]" intended not to fulfil the secret purposes of the [[US deep state]], but by purely altruistic concerns. The {{ccm}} generally presents a realistic bigger picture of world events. Those caught defying this modus operandi, such as [[Edwin Wilson]], are the exceptional "[[bad apples]]", not the rule. {{SMWQ |authors=Craig Murray |date=January 2019 |source_URL=https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2019/01/the-coup-in-venezuela-must-be-resisted/ |source_name=Craig Murray's Blog |text=Anybody who believes that a country's internal [[democracy]] is the determining factor in whether the West decides to move for violent regime change in that country, is a complete idiot. Any [[journalist]] or [[politician]] who makes that claim is more likely to be a complete charlatan than a complete idiot. In recent years, possession of hydrocarbon reserves is very obviously a major factor in western regime change actions. |subjects=US/Foreign policy, oil, gas, hydrocarbons, coups, democracy }} ==History== In 1823, [[US president]] [[James Monroe]] expounded the US [[Monroe Doctrine]] that the US would oppose [[European]] nation states colonies in [[the Americas]]. At that time, the US military was relatively weak, but this doctrine continued to guide policy for a long time. US relative military power increased after the hugely destructive [[WW1]] sapped the strength of [[Britain]] and the other European [[nation]]s. Although involved in this and in [[WW2]], neither war was fought on US soil, and the US was on both winning sides. ===Cold war=== {{FA|Cold war}} After 1945, the US emerged, with [[nuclear weapon]]s, engaged in the [[Cold War]] with the other 'superpower', the [[USSR]]. Open wars were few (with the notable exceptions of the [[Korean War]] and the [[Vietnam War]]), and the focus was on covert, CIA-sponsored, [[US/Foreign Assassinations since 1945|assassinations]] and [[US Sponsored Regime-change efforts since 1945| regime change operations]]. ====Operation Gladio==== {{FAs|Operation Gladio| Operation Gladio/B}} At the close of [[WW2]], a pan-European network of terrorist cells was set up under the moniker "stay behind network". Originally set up with the express intention of only being activated in case of a [[communist]] invasion, this carried out violent acts, including [[assassination]]s and [[false flag attacks]] which were used to manipulate [[public opinion]]. This was briefly investigated, mainly in [[Italy]], after a spate of bombings in the [[1970s]] and [[80s]]. [[Sibel Edmonds]], the most gagged individual in US history, has claimed that the [[US pentagon]] has an office codenamed [[Gladio/B]] which substituted [[Moslems]] for [[anti-communist]]s. ===Post-USSR=== Post 1989, the US has continued to [[:Category:US Intervention|intervene overseas]]. These have becoming increasingly more ambitious as the influence of the [[US deep state]] has replace that part of the democratic process which actually respected the will of the citizens.<ref>[[Document:The_Political_Dominance_of_The_Cabal]]</ref> In the 21<sup>st</sup> century, effective control of [[groups]] such as [[Al Qaeda]] has allowed the post [[9/11]] "[[war on terror]]" to be exploited as a general purpose [[casus belli]]. In countries such as [[Libya]], aggressive foreign intervention has been portrayed by the {{ccm}} as "[[humanitarian intervention]]". {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{reflist}} 66lmbjltabhpkpccare8lt4ukg1bnm9