Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged
Nothing has changed.<p>For all the polarizing division in US politics on the issue of foreign policy (and even on many domestic issues) the two major parties are completely aligned to protect and benefit the capital-owning class.<p>Sanctions on Cuba? This is not because Cuba or Castro is "bad". We have absolutely no problem propping up horrific dictators as "allies" when it suits us (eg Pinochet, MBS, Saddam Hussein until it didn't suit us, even Erdogan, arguably even Netanyahu). What's the real issue with Cuba? Castro nationalized assets and resources that belonged to US corporations.<p>Sanctions on Venezuela? Again, Venezuela took the unacceptable step of nationalizing their oil assets. And with Russia's unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine now threatening the energy sector, suddenly the Venezuelan sanctions aren't as important as we made out [1].<p>Sanctions on Iraq following the first Gulf War? Consider the words of our then UN Ambassador later Secretary of State Madeline Albright [2]:<p>> In that now-iconic interview, veteran journalist Lesley Stahl questioned Albright – then the US ambassador to the United Nations – on the catastrophic effect the rigorous US sanctions imposed after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait had on the Iraqi population.<p>> “We have heard that half a million [Iraqi] children have died. I mean, that is more children than died in Hiroshima,” asked Stahl, “And, you know, is the price worth it?”<p>> “I think that is a very hard choice,” Albright answered, “but the price, we think, the price is worth it.”<p>The US government works for the Bezoses, Gates, Buffetts and Musks of the world. Never forget that.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/17/venezuela-oil-sanctions-chevron/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/17/venezuela-oi...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/25/lets-remember-madeleine-albright-as-who-she-really-was" rel="nofollow">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/25/lets-remember-m...</a>