I should point out that America is less World Police and more "America's Interests" Police.
War has never been about the mistreatment of the little people - no wars have ever been fought for 'justice' and 'freedom' - even if that's how they've been sold to the public. Freeing the slaves of the Civil War era wasn't about justice or rights for all people: it was about breaking the financial back of the wealthy South by turning their slave labour into hired labour.
War has always been about finances, possession, and pride. Once upon a time finances and possession was about land and workers, now it's about resources (mineral and labour) and weaponry (the ability to keep what you've already got, or to intimidate others as you take what they have).
I suspect that there's an attitude of "if they were 'real' Americans, they'd pull themselves up by their boostraps and meet their own needs instead of waiting for the welfare state to kick in!" in a lot of dialogue about Americans and basic needs.
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War has never been about the mistreatment of the little people - no wars have ever been fought for 'justice' and 'freedom' - even if that's how they've been sold to the public. Freeing the slaves of the Civil War era wasn't about justice or rights for all people: it was about breaking the financial back of the wealthy South by turning their slave labour into hired labour.
War has always been about finances, possession, and pride. Once upon a time finances and possession was about land and workers, now it's about resources (mineral and labour) and weaponry (the ability to keep what you've already got, or to intimidate others as you take what they have).
I suspect that there's an attitude of "if they were 'real' Americans, they'd pull themselves up by their boostraps and meet their own needs instead of waiting for the welfare state to kick in!" in a lot of dialogue about Americans and basic needs.