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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by rayiner on Saturday February 04, 2023 @09:11PM (#34660930)
And the idea that america props up dictators or topples regimes because “it wants their oil” is a bedtime story for jaded American teenagers who don’t know any better. If that was true American foreign policy would look a lot different (and wouldn’t be such a money sink). Where’s all that Iraqi oil money again?

U.S. foreign policy is aimed at maintaining stability and facilitating liberal capitalist democracy. We don’t regard popular movements that are communist or theocratic as “democracy” so we’re willing to support dictators to forestall that. But at the same time our foreign policy is fundamentally ideological in nature.

Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by SantalBlush on Saturday February 04, 2023 @09:31PM (#34661075)
>And the idea that america props up dictators or topples regimes because “it wants their oil”

It would be more productive if you addressed my comment, and not some comment you just made up.

As for this:

>U.S. foreign policy is aimed at maintaining stability and facilitating liberal capitalist democracy

I believe that you believe this. But I'm not treating it as an axiom, so you'll have to give evidence for it.

Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by random314 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:32AM (#34663045)
Stability is a euphemism for a government supporting economic arrangements favoring western corporations.

https://chomsky.info/fateful02/

"Liberal capitalist democracy" - this is obvious nonsense when you list out all of the regime changes forced on the countries by the United States.

Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by rayiner on Sunday February 05, 2023 @09:43AM (#34665265)
Like the economic arrangements that allowed Japan, then Korea and China to displace entire American industries?
Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by random314 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:23PM (#34668064)
Like the coups that USA conducts to remove democracy to install dictatorships.

Most Americans have absurd views of American foreign policy because of ignorance. But, given your Bangladeshi origin, in your case it is not ignorance. You are just volunteering as an unpaid American propagandist or random social media forums, even though you are well aware of all the CIA coups all over the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by random314 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:42AM (#34662296)
> And the idea that america props up dictators or topples regimes because “it wants their oil” is a bedtime story

This is true, sometimes all they want to do is shore up some bananas. Or just help out West Pakistan to impress China.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...