The USA government blames hatred of democracy and envy at the American way of life for this resentment. Many people in the USA and a majority around the world look towards USA foreign policy for the answers. Much of this policy, its history and consequences is under-reported by the American media.
The American people are generally a friendly, kindly and compassionate people. If they knew one tenth of what their governments get up to around the world and in their dealings with foreign governments and people, there would be an enormous outcry. For this reason much is hidden or obscurred. Since the terrible events on 11 September 2001, many Americans have taken to the internet to find out more about the world beyond their borders.
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| Period | Country | USA Policy Details | Civilians Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | South Korea | Support for massacre of dissidents on Cheju Island. | 100,000 + |
| 1950 | Korea | Stopping Korean refugees crossing the front line; given US Military Planes dropped Napalm Bombs on N.Korea/US military fired and destroyed N.Korea-making N.koreans flee their destroyed homes. US Military then killed the very refugees fleeing US Destroyed N.Korean territory! | hundreds-thousands-Korean civilians killed |
| 1950 | Korea | US military Killing Korean Civilians just like reported in vietnam. But war Crimes by US Military in KOREA from 1945-1953 were hushed. | None | During the war in Korea, USA forces kill hundreds of civilians after receiving orders not to let refugees cross the front lines. Many are strafed from aircraft, attacked by artillery from ships, have bridges blown up from under them while they cross, and are shot at.. |
| 1952 | Korea China | Biological warfare.During the war in Korea, USA aircraft drop a number of diseased objects (feathers, bacteria, decaying animals, fish parts) in Korea and China. Many people die from plague, anthrax and encephalitis.A 600 page report by the International Scientific Comittee (involving scientists from Sweden, France, UK, Italy, Brazil and the USSR) states that: "The peoples of Korea and China have indeed been the objectives of bacteriological weapons. These have been employed by units of the USA armed forces, using a great variety of different methods for the purpose." | many korean victims. |
| 1952 | US military's war crimes in Korea | Biological (plague, anthrax and encephalitis) and chemical (napalm) warfare. |
| 1960 | South Korea | Communism as an excuse | Previous leader not strong enough for USA; Real Reason. |
| 1969 | Korea | Agent Orange (carcinogenic defoliant) used extensively; Chemical training given to other countries.Between 1967 and 1969 the USA sprays Agent Orange over 23,607 acres (95km2) in the border region between North Korea and South Korea.Agent Orange is a defoliant and contains dioxin, a chemical producing cancer and genetic defects in Korean babies. ----------- In previous years over 500 people from 36 countries (including Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and South Vietnam) have been trained in the use of chemical and biological warfare at the USA army's Chemical School at Fort McClellan in Alabama. |
| 1979 | South Korea | None;No US Citizens made aware of US Involvement in S.Korea | Assasination of Korean Prez Park was to promote Pro-USA government in KOREA despite Korean Citizen resistance. US selected Korean Prez Chun Doo Hwan (presidency 1980-1987) ; General Chun Doo-Hwan takes power in a coup in South Korea. His regime is armed and supported by the USA. One year later, the general orders the killing of hundreds of civilians in Kwangju. |
| 1980 | South Korea | Massacre of dissidents by military government armed and supported by USA. | thousands |
| 1980 | South Korea | Use of Korean Military Aid; Political Support | None; No US Residents were made aware of US involvement in Korean Politics. | Real reason;Suppress opposition to pro-USA government. |
| 1997 | South Korea | stock Crash in Korea | IMF dictates Korea | Korea's stock crash result in many bankruptcy; Korea is at mercy of IMF. |
| 1998 | South Korea | Food Aid Scapgoating Korea | Humanitarian excuse | To make the country dependent on USA produced food. Making Korea import US goods; in turn making Korean Farmers bankrupt. Making Koreans prefer US products over its own korean products make Korea dependent on US. |
The USA is one of the world's 200 countries.
The USA is an influential country that is loved by most of its population and many around the world. It is also a country that is loathed and hated by large sections of the planet. As one of the world's 200 countries the USA has its great points, its good points, its bad points and its terrible points. It is a typical country, in that respect. Let us examine these points closely.
This is a personal view from outside the USA.
USA refuses to do the same for its allies or citizens. For example, Henry Kissinger organised the secret bombing of Cambodia in the early 1970s - an act that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians. The USA refuses to let its citizens be subject to the International Criminal Court and has coerced dozens of countries to sign special waivers for USAcitizens, imposing sanctions on those that refused.
USA stores 480 nuclear weapons under its control in six European countries, including the UK and Turkey.
USA refused help offered by Venezuela and Cuba after the hurricane that devastated New Orleans.
USA refuses to hand over the then-boss of USA company Union Carbide (Warren Anderson) to the democratic government of India to answer charges of culpable homicide after the explosion in Bhopal in 1984 that killed 20,000 people and has left hundreds of thousands chronically injured. The USA also refused to hand over the brutal Shah of Iran to the Iranians in the 1980s when he was wanted for crimes committed during his 25 years of USA-backed dictatorship.
- The USA subsidises large parts of its industry giving them an unfair advantage in world trade. The USA places tariffs on goods coming from *KOREA and developing countries making it difficult for these countries to trade in a fair market place.
- Non USA-citizens are not allowed to own media in the USA.
- Even so, the USA insists that other countries (Korea) remove subsidies from their goods and industries and "open up" their markets toUSA goods by removing tariffs and to allow foreign ownership.
The USA has supported some of the world's nastiest dictators (Pinochet in Chile, Duvalier in Haiti, the Saudi Arabian royal family). The USAhas trained some of the world's nastiest death squads and secret police (El Salvador, the Contras in Nicaragua, the Shah of Iran). TheUSA has financially and militarilly supported Israel as it terrorises the Palestinian population, takes their land and ethnically cleanses large areas of the West Bank.
- It is illegal in the USA for foreigners to make contributions to political parties or to interfere in the USA elections.
- Even so, the USA pumps money into favoured candidates in many countries around the world. It uses "economic coersion" to ensure that the USA's favoured candidate wins. It will also appoint the members of a country's government to put a "local face " onto an occupation.
The USA has used economic blackmail to force countries (like Thailand/ Korea) to accept the selling of USA tobacco (and advertising) even though many countries are attempting to cut down on tobacco use. Tobacco contains the addictive drug, nicotine.
This uniformity / conformity can be seen in several places:
- People who emigrate to the USA feel compelled to change their names to more English sounding ones, something that happens less in Europe.
- Music from Cuba or Mexico has to be "Americanised" before being accepted.
- Foreign films have to be remade in American style before they can be seen. Watching subtitled originals is not the done thing in the USA except in a few cities like New York.
- A general reluctance to accept anything from other cultures or countries unless it has been Americanised. This can be seen in the number of USA tourists travelling in Europe and Asia who only eat USA food and stay in USA owned hotels and are guided by USA educated guides. This is not the way to learn about other cultures and peoples. Americans are not unique in this attitude but it does seem to be very prevalent.
The USA Media is one of the main reasons why people in the USA know so little about what is happening in the world and the role their government plays in events abroad.
The USA is one of the most violent societies in the developed world. Gun crime is a big problem and large areas of cities are dangerous. This is very different from nearby Canada, Europe (although US-style gun crime is increasing in the UK) and most of Asia. In this, the country is more similar to Latin America and parts of Africa.
USA is one of only two developed countries that still uses the Death Penalty (the other is Japan). It executes minors and the mentally ill in huge numbers. In this it is on a par with China, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The USA ignores the world community, demonising or economically punishing countries that disagree with it.
he USA refuses to allow inspectors to examine its chemical or biological weapons facilities. The USA sells arms to regimes that are undemocratic (Saudi Arabia), oppress their minorities (Turkey, Indonesia) or are an occupying power (Israel). The USA spends more on arms than the next six countries put together.
- Even so, the USA insists on weapons inspections for others, criticises countries like North Korea and Iran (for "gun-running") and inisists on trying (selected) war criminals from other countries.
The USA refuses to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of prisoners in Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan. The USA consistantly vetos United Nations resolutions on Israel, human rights, fair trade and arms treaties. The USA has ignored a World Court judgement concering Nicaragua. The USA unilaterally imposes economic sanctions on nearly 50% of the world's population. For many years the USA refused to pay its financial dues to the United Nations. The USA refuses to ratify the Tokyo Agreement on Climate Change even though it is the world's largest emitter of Carbon Dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.
The USA refuses to allow inspectors to examine its chemical or biological weapons facilities. The USA sells arms to regimes that are undemocratic (Saudi Arabia), oppress their minorities (Turkey, Indonesia) or are an occupying power (Israel). The USA spends more on arms than the next six countries put together.
- Even so, the USA insists on weapons inspections for others, criticises countries like North Korea and Iran (for "gun-running") and inisists on trying (selected) war criminals from other countries.
