Did Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Panama threaten the US. Yet we invaded them or ruined there people's lives with war or sanctions.
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Q: Did Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Panama threaten the US. Yet we invaded them or ruined there people's lives with war or sanctions.
Libya: - yes, threatened to destroy the US dollar by shifting sales of Oil to another currency .. and to shift all of Africa to another currency ..
Syria: - yes, Assad approved a natural gas pipeline from Iran through Iraq to Syria to feed Europe after it got approval from Russia, having previously declined a proposal from Qatar's pipeline.
This was 100% related to the Russian aggression vs Georgia and Russia's geopolitical strangle hold on Europe for energy ..
Venezuela: yes - again Oil related .. larger issue to threatening the interests of the US and world system of trade.
Panama: - I actually did not study that one much ..
Truth is, that people do not appreciate their level of privilege when they live in the USA, Europe, or anyone of the powers that have reliable global trade. After WWII the US helped to establish a solid system for world trade which benefits many more than the old theories of zero sum economics. Interdependence should in theory reduce conflict, and the USA was acting as the world police to ensure trade was possible with little conflict.
Pax America did well for many countries .. and now many fail to really understand this because they've been feed leftist / pacifist / woke / "everyone needs to use the right pronouns" in their schooling instead of learning more real politics and proper world history.