When will America recognize the many sins it has committed in its foreign policy? The U.S. government has committed and continues to commit the very sins it accuses other nations of committing. When will the U. S. ever judge itself for doing wrong in the affairs of the world?
The U. S. rightfully looks out for its own interests in its foreign policy, but when will it give the same right to other nations. The U. S. demands other nations to follow U. N. resolutions, but, yet, the U. S. will not follow U. N. resolutions that demand for Israel to withdraw to its pre-1967 borders.
President Eisenhower, before he left office, warned Americans of the danger of the country’s military-industrial complex. Over the decades since Eisenhower left office, America has been getting into wars precisely because it’s very profitable.
Those who argue that NATO is strictly defensive don’t have a leg to stand on. NATO was used offensively against Libya in over-throwing Muammar Gaddafi. And something defensive can quickly be turned offensive.
Below are some poignant points made by American writer Scott Schaeffer-Duffy:
The U.S. has invaded 56 countries, eight of them since 2000.
The U.S. is the only nation to have used atomic bombs, when it incinerated more than 70,000 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
On Feb. 13, 1991, without warning, the U.S. dropped two laser-guided bombs onto Baghdad’s Amiriyah shelter killing 408 people, mostly women and children.
The U.S. has never apologized for killing over 500,000 civilians in Vietnam and 387,000 in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The U.S. threatened to arrest ICC judges if they pursue Americans for Afghan war crimes.
