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/Since 1945 0 7240 196906 196879 2020-10-30T18:19:42Z Robin 120 /* Bombing Campaigns */ wikitext text/x-wiki {{concept |description= |type=policy |image=US Foreign Policy since 1945.jpg |image_width=540px |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States }} {{SMWQ |text=If you flip over the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out... [[invasions]], [[bombings]], [[overthrowing governments]], [[assassinating]] political leaders, [[death squads]], [[torture]], [[biological warfare]], [[drug trafficking]], [[mercenaries]], suppressing movements for [[social change]], [[perverting elections]], manipulating [[labour unions]], [[fake news|manufacturing “news”]], [[depleted uranium]]... |subjects=US/Foreign policy |authors=William Blum |source_name=Introduction to www.killinghope.org |source_URL=https://www.globalresearch.ca/elephants-room/5727944 }} ==Official Narrative== For the first half century since [[1945]], the [[official narrative]] of [[US Foreign Policy]] was dominated by the [[Cold War]], the story of [[USA]]/[[USSR]] locked in ideological opposition. Since the end of the USSR, this conflict has been reframed as a global [[War On Terrorism]]. With a few dissenters the {{ccm}} have worked hard to tell a story of USA as a noble defender of the poor and underprivileged. ==Bombing Campaigns== {{FA|US Bombing campaigns since 1945}} [[image:US Bombings since 1945.jpg|left|260px]] US has carried out numerous bombing campaigns, generally preferring to do so under a framework of multi-national "[[humanitarian intervention]]" where practicable. ==Foreign Assassinations== {{FA|US Foreign Assassinations since 1945}} US has carried out numerous assassinations since 1945, and since the case of [[Anwar Al Awlaqi]] continues to do so, openly, now claiming that there is nothing illegal in targeting and summary execution without a judge or jury. ==Efforts to Suppress Democracy== {{FA|US Efforts to Suppress Democracy since 1945}} US efforts to suppress democracy are never framed as such by the {{ccm}}. Instead, memes such as the defence of vital US interests prevail. Older methods such as funding and arming small groups are not forgotten but are mixed with newer tactics such as strategic disinformation and use of social media. ==Regime change== [[File:BushMenv4.png|right|330px]] {{FA|US Sponsored Regime-change efforts since 1945}} US efforts to secure government change/overthrow in countries deemed obstacles to the US policy under their current governments. The nature of targetted governments does not matter. The only criterion is failure to "see things the US way". The modus operandi has remained largely unchanged for decades and includes: Ample funding of opposition groups under the auspices of "[[The National Endowment for Democracy]]" (NED) and a raft of other commercially controlled NGO's; covert support for violently subversive groups; Carefully orchestrated and controlled Orwellian propaganda against targetted governments through the Western {{ccm}} ==Continuity== In 2015 [[Jeb Bush]]'s proposed foreign policy team showed a remarkable continuity in the individuals officially responsible for determining US Foreign policy.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/18/jeb-bushs-foreign-policy-team-is-eerily-familiar-in-1-venn-diagram/</ref> {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{reflist}} 4ilidwdwsg1ov9hd51n7l8i7p4b6qbw