i dont think anything we did in the first gulf war was in anyway to "help" anyone but ourselves

im saying when it comes to US foreign policy, we have a 60 + year history of putting our fingers in other peoples business only when it helps us geo-politically, the effort to defeat communism was the excuse then, islamic terrorism is the excuse now


this is a good book in that regards

https://www.amazon.com/KILLING-HOPE/dp/B007K517VE



>>how are you defining a humanitarian mission?
is this sending food aid and medicines and working through USAID? NGOs?


I would use humanitarian in the loosest sense of the word, anything that requires us to divert money/resources/soldiers to a foreign country to "help" them


NGO's? common fronts for espionage, CIA etc...
USAID? dont know anything about them,

i guess what im getting at is the need for transparency when it comes to our involvement in things in other countries

but how to put that into effect in any kind of realistic manner I couldnt say


>>>could you be more specific about this?
you think the u.s should only intervene in places where it will not benefit?
could you name some of these countries?
also.... are you saying these influences are/have been overwhelmingly negative?

I would say the US should consider helping other countries if they ask for it, and the real motivation not be furthering our own selfish goals

im not saying we shouldnt go into places that provide no benefit what im saying is it obvious how we pick and choose where to go.

Its hard to guess at a person's real motivation, so you must look at the result of their actions to deduce their motivations,





Sudan, Nigeria, West African Region I'd say are the glaring things we seem to not really be so focused on(for obvious reasons)