I don't know if I'd say they were "good men".
None the less, I agree that if you're not an American, why do you give a shit... If you hate America so much, then stop buying our stuff, tell your governments that are so great to stop doing business with us and we can in turn, remove our treaties with your governments and you can enjoy whatever war comes your way alone next time.
There is NOTHING that says you have to deal with us, or us with you if you don't want to.
This is the most igornat fucking statement I've read on here. It's so easy for foreign countries to just stop doing business with America? It's so easy to just tell Americans to get out? Haha. America has been overthrowing regimes for corporate interests through the CIA for the last 50 years. Get a clue. In most countries especially third world countries the "people" have no choice and are powerless to stop their government. Plus the IMF and World Bank have known to destroy whole economies with the flick of a pen when it comes to currency speculation and extremely high interest loans if countries don't "play ball". This is what I"m talking about when I say most Americans are clueless when it comes to foreign policy.
Somalia: the entire social fabric of the pastoralist economy was undone through duty-free beef and dairy products from the EU.
Rwanda: the restructuring of the agricultural system precipitated the population into destitution, leading to a genocide.
Ethiopia: the Structural Adjustment Programme caused starvation.
Bangladesh: a devaluation and price liberalization exacerbated famine. Deregulation of the grain market meant dumping of US grain surpluses.
Brazil: enhancement of social polarization by supporting the land-owning class.
Peru: after liberalization, the price of bread increased more than 12 times.
Russia: helping the oligarchs.
India (Andhra Pradesh): repeal of minimum wages and support of caste exploitation
Yugoslavia: serving the strategic interests of Germany and the US by cutting the financial arteries between Belgrade and the republics.
Korea, Thailand, Indonesia: the vaults of the central banks (100 billion $) were pillaged by international speculators. The bail-outs of those countries were underwritten and guaranteed by the same Wall Street banks involved in the speculative assaults.
The IMF, World Bank and the U.S. has been responsible for lots of examples like those stated above throught their "support", "influence" or direct overthrow of governments through covert operations.
