From the drug war to the war on terror, the United States is wreaking havoc around the globe.
rom the drug war to the war on terror, the United States is wreaking havoc around the globe.
American history is littered with examples of military
intervention and political meddling in the affairs of foreign
countries. There was the US-backed overthrow of Iran's democratically
elected leader in 1953; the 1954 coup in Guatemala engineered by the
Central Intelligence Agency; US funding of brutal "dirty wars" against
leftists throughout Latin America in the 1970s; and much more.
The post-9/11 era is no different, though the methods
of warfare have changed. US military intervention in countries like
Yemen have destabilized nations and killed innocent civilians in the
name of the "war on terror." The current crop of undeclared wars the US
is waging is having a deleterious impact around the world. And there's
also the so-called war on drugs, which the US continues to wage despite
devastating consequences on the ground.
Here is a look at some of the specific countries where US intervention is doing immense damage.
1. Yemen
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on
the U.S., the Bush administration intensfied partnerships with a host of
countries ruled by unsavory regimes. Yemen is one such country.
After 9/11, the US government ramped up its support
for the Yemeni government, which was ruled by President Ali Abdullah
Saleh, a strongman who had been in power for over three decades. Under
the Bush administration, this support mostly took the form of security
assistance, as the US gave Yemen "advanced tactical training, weapons
and surveillance equipment as well as armored vehicles, airplanes,
helicopters and sea vessels," according to a Middle East Policy Council journal article.
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