But the US and Australia never advance their interests, never sully their hands with blood soaked dictators, never used covert ops.
And your point is.....?
EVERY nation advances their interests! Just as you (hopefully) try to see to it that your family is safe and has enough to eat. There is no sin there, if tis done honourably. There is less blood on our hands than there might be, and our hands are far cleaner than those of some cheese-eating nations I might mention! Not to mention some Sattrappies in Asie and the Mid-east!
So what if we've used covert ops? This isn't "Chutes and Ladders" and if you think for one second that the oposition isn't and hasn't used Spec Ops on us then you are naive.
Tia
Do I sense a bit of sarcasm in your statement?...Obviously you have forgotten that our country was "ATTACKED" on 09/11/01, which gives us the RIGHT, to act unilaterally if need be, to protect our freedom and way of life.
UN is a paper tiger with no claws, wich was proven lately to be an impotent world body (League of Nations comes to mind), by the likes of France, wich again is busy to cover up their shady deals with Iraq, even thou they were fully aware of their breach of the so called UN arms resolution, right after the '90 war.
I am not saying that US of A is an angel in it's international dealings and/or agreements, we might be somewhat arrogant and pushy at times in our behaviour, even show as a bully, but...at the end of the day we pretty much are on the right side of the issue more or less and get things done.
Since I do believe you think we are a world hegemony and try to tell anybody how to live and what to do, can you tell me how many colonies US of A has (speaking of bullies ) versus the French,Spanish,Portugiese,English,German?