“If there was a history of US interventions of this sort that resulted in any legitimate benefit to anyone we’d be able to cite it...”
You mean like how the US lend-lease operations saved Russia’s ass from the Germans in WW2? Like that?
That’s ridiculous. We’re in the 21st century. You are living your life in an old black and white movie and it’s almost over for you.
Iraq. Libya. Syria. Afghanistan.
Interesting note on lend lease from WWII. Did you know that both England as well as Russia paid those in full? Cannot remember the date, certainly took a while, perhaps even in the 80s?
Anyway, as near as I can tell, our current “lend lease” does not even require repayment. Of course I am not privy to all the documents, but iirc they did not have to repay or at least nothing was in the terms to force repayment.
What we should be doing is selling arms. Perhaps COD (cash on delivery for all you young ones). Heck during the great wars, especially WWI, we got rich in this manner. Almost all of europes gold was transferred to the US during this time.
Let’s get another roaring 20s going!