Good Guys vs Bad Guys

Why does the US treat certain countries better than others?

Why are some dictators coddled and aided and abetted by the US and others assassinated, overthrown and then hanged?

I'm not going to waste my time explaining fully how criminally hypocritical US foreign policy is detail by detail. I'm not going to talk about in detail about what morally hopeless cretins the creatures who govern this hapless land of contradictions are. These are both givens, long known to those who are still awake and of at least average intelligence.

Always remember this: US interests start and finish with the dollar in mind. 

No matter what is said on TV by the president and his handlers, no matter what lofty principles and eloquent speeches are made by any politician, and regardless of all the self-righteous fluff and feel-good tripe stuffed into US history books, the number one US aim is the control of the wealth of the globe, by hook or crook or murder.

It basically comes down to one simple premise: whatever means have to be used to attain the wealth of the globe, will be used.

This explains the anomalies in US foreign policy which are very evident when examined closer.

Those who know this simple truth, can very easily discern a lot of things in the everyday events around the globe into which the US decides to stick their bloody fingers.

Whatever the US response, or lack thereof, to any event is no mistake. Whatever reaction follows from the US government is carefully calculated based on economic interests and how the event at hand fits into it. 

But this inadvertently also shows which countries in the world are still truly independent and sovereign and which ones are subservient to the US will.

It is confusing trying to reconcile US government rhetoric versus actions.  

The US may support some leader or movement if it feels that they serve its economic capitalist interests and ally itself against another if it is harmful to US interests.

Whether the person/group supported or opposed is a cold-blooded autocratic butcher or a paragon of virtue and freedom is irrelevant as long as "vital" US interests are concerned. The US supports the side which is more receptive to US interests. 

But one easy way to see which movement/leader/government is friendly to US interests is to simply look at the treatment the US has meted out to it.

99.9% of the time, any movement/leader/government which is unreceptive to US economic and strategic interests (although not a threat to the safety of the US and maybe even generally friendly) will be pilloried, demonized, slandered, sanctioned, accused of all sorts of crimes and threatened on an everyday basis by the US government and the compliant mainstream media propaganda machine.

Also, any leader out there today that is tolerated by the US is subservient to it to some degree, even if they seem to be defiant towards the US on the outside. A few such examples are Egyptian President Morsi and Afghan President Karzai. If they were truly independent, they would get the same treatment as Iran, N. Korea, Syria, Cuba and others who refuse to bend their knee for the evil US empire.

The US does not have friends. To be friends with someone, you first have to acknowledge that this person is an equal. It means treating them with respect and fairness. A true friend helps without demanding anything in return.

By this criteria, the US has zero friends. It only has interests.

The US does not want anyone else to be its equal. Those who try to be so in any way are demonized and slandered and insulted (Russia and China). The US only wants to talk...no, dictate, to people from a position of superiority, not equality. This goes for ally and foe. The US also does not respect other nations. It only treats them nice as long as they give in to every US wish and whim. And the US NEVER helps anyone without demanding something in return; many times wanting back more than it ever gave (Marshall Plan is a good example).

The contradictory US behavior is a result of seeking wealth.

That's why the US condemns Syria for cracking down on protesters and stays quiet when Bahrain calls in S. Arabian troops to put down by force its own people.

That's why it fomented a rebellion in Libya under the cover of “humanitarian aid” to the rebels but stayed quiet for two weeks while Mubarak's regime in Egypt beat protesters mercilessly and ran them over with cars.

That's why it pretends not to notice the savagery in S. Arabia and lack of any semblance of democracy in places like Kuwait but breaks out in a sweat whenever a protester is slapped in Tehran or Moscow.

That's why it interferes in other nations elections and manipulates public opinion in favor of the pro-US candidate, but screams “fraud!” when a candidate/party in another country who is not friendly to US interests wins.

The US will swiftly condemn and promptly act against any act of violence, electoral fraud, genocide, invasion, human rights abuses, corruption, governmental ineptness and other crimes when those who commit these acts are not willing to be loyal subjects of the US government and who do not accept the US neo-liberal capitalist model which seeks to exploit their countries resources and people for cheap.

But the US will swiftly excuse, protect or at the very least ignore any of these above mentioned crimes when the people committing them are 100% friendly to US economic, strategic and military interests.

US actions, whatever they are and whoever or whatever they apply to, always did, currently do, and always will revolve around the dollar, for better or worse.

All the rest is propaganda and lies.